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Is LD50 a meaningful measurement for biopersistent and accumulated compounds? It seems like it would be quite useless, or worse, misleading. I recall that larg
by klabb3 4y ago
Is LD50 a meaningful measurement for biopersistent and accumulated compounds? It seems like it would be quite useless, or worse, misleading.
I recall that large blobs of mercury was used as a homemade remedy for stomach issues which turned out to not be a great idea for obvious reasons, although it's LD50 would probably have been similarly high.
- ars 4y agoTeflon is not a biopersistent or accumulated compounds. Teflon goes out exactly as it went in, undigested, unabsorbed, utterly ignored by the body.