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Without counting with the microscopic fungi, there are 3,800 species of mushrooms in Europe alone. 250 species are toxic but very few can kill: about 12 species. The same mushroom species can have various effects, depending on its age, consumed amount and the health state of the consumer.In France, three mushrooms ar... |
2 April 2008
16:46 GMT |
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There are about 35,300 species of spiders worldwide, but only about 30 species have venom deadly for the people. Spiders are assigned to 116 families. Spiders represent one of the most adaptable species, resistant to variations of the environmental factors, being amongst the first creatures to inhabit devastated or r... |
27 March 2008
17:21 GMT |
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Botox injections employ the most dangerous naturally occurring toxin: the Botulinum toxin. It is the trademark of Clostridium botulinum bacterium and less than 2 kg (5 pounds) would be enough to wipe out the whole human population (the botulinum toxin is 40 million times more powerful than cyanide). But in extremely ... |
12 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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There's no venomous creature to trigger more dread in humans than snakes. And for a good reason, even if just about 200 out 2,900 species are traumatogenic for humans. Their venom is devastating. Some venoms are neurotoxic and paralyze the muscles. The victim dies of suffocation and heart attack. All cobras and ... |
21 December 2007
04:25 GMT |
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You replace your old computer with a new one annually, you do the same with your mobile phone even more often and you still breathe a fresh air. But your gadget wastes go to recycling places where people living nearby load their organisms with gadget toxins you have not even heard of. These include dioxins and furans... |
23 October 2007
06:23 GMT |
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Mustard gas may have killed thousands of soldiers, but the trick was already used in nature even before humans and moreover, it seems that it has been so for at least 100 million years.Researchers at Oregon State University have presented a soldier beetle, preserved almost perfectly in amber, while employing chemical... |
10 September 2007
06:34 GMT |
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Stopping whale meat consume is a bitter fight led against the Japanese mentality. But in some cases, unwittingly whales have a method of their own. 10 % of the gray whales hunted by Russian aboriginals from Chukotka are inedible due to the rancid stench of their meat and this is increasing. Still, researchers cannot ... |
8 June 2007
07:13 GMT |
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Low cost means low quality. But when it's about food and related items, this could mean "low" health. The US government warned consumers on Friday to stay off the toothpaste made in China as it contains a toxin commonly used as antifreeze. The Food and Drug Administration said people should discard toothpaste "m... |
5 June 2007
06:07 GMT |
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This is the most dangerous naturally occurring toxin: the Botulinum toxin. It is the trademark of Clostridium botulinum bacterium and less than 2 kg (5 pounds) would be enough to wipe out the whole human population. Even so, in extremely small amounts, this toxin has medical and cosmetic employments, under the name o... |
29 May 2007
11:06 GMT |
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Do they call you skunk?Do tons of antiperspirants not work?In this case you could chase away the pit stains with ... botox. Botox, the trade name for Botulinum toxin, is a neurotoxic protein found in the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring chemicals in the world, but ... |
10 May 2007
04:30 GMT |
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This poison has made many victims amongst the sea-food consumers till now. The domoic acid is a toxin synthesized especially by microscopic diatoms and red algae. It was first isolated from a red alga named in Japanese "duomoi" and used against gut worms. But high levels kill you, too, not just the worms, as it attac... |
30 April 2007
05:39 GMT |
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