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Yeah agreed, worth noting that it only takes ~100-1000 nanograms of Botulinum toxin to kill you. So it’s kind of irrelevant to compare different substances toxi
by BytesAndGears 3y ago
Yeah agreed, worth noting that it only takes ~100-1000 nanograms of Botulinum toxin to kill you. So it’s kind of irrelevant to compare different substances toxicity based on quantity alone. The toxic levels of aspirin are totally irrelevant for a different substance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin
- pdonis 3y ago> it’s kind of irrelevant to compare different substances toxicity based on quantity alone While this is true, it applies with even more force to the comparison with botulinum toxin than to the comparison with aspirin. Nanoplastics are less active than aspirin, not more (there's a reason why nobody takes nanoplastics to cure headaches), so if anything one would expect to require more nanoplastics than aspirin to have a significant effect--which means even much more more, so to speak, than botulinum toxin.