TOXINS - Killing quantities of things From: Mike Pompura To: Jack Kilmon Msg #15, 06-Nov-89 11:01est Subject: Re: Plutonium I tried to type in this chart earlier, but when the editor and modems got through with it - it was a mess. I'll try it again. It's a listing of some *HIGHLY* toxic materials...some of which may fall into the "Most Dangerous Substances On This Planet" hall of fame. POISON LETHAL DOSE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthrax Spores .0001 milligram Botulism .001 mg Lead Arsenate 100 mg Potassium Cyanide 700 mg Reactor Plutonium 1150 mg <"over 15 years till time of death"> Caffiene 14000 mg N. American Coral Snake .005 mg Indian King Cobra .02 mg Reactor Plutonium .078 mg <"over 15 years"> Diamondback Rattler .14 mg Nerve gas 1.0 mg Benzpyrene <1 pk/day> 16.0 mg Cadmium Fumes 10 mg Mercury Vapor 30 mg Phosgene 65 mg ======================================================================== This list is far from complete. There are plenty of other nasty vicious chemicals in industrial usage every day...some of which happen to be on railroad cars that go through towns and near houses... The list of possible carcino gens alone would take up pages and pages. ======================================================================== LOSS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY DUE TO VARIOUS CAUSES ---------------------------------------------- Cigarette Smoking - Male 2250 days Heart Disease 2100 d Being 30% Overweight 1300 d Coal Miner 1100 d Cancer 980 d 20% Overweight 900 d Cigarette Smoking - Female 800 d Stroke 520 d Cigar Smoking 330 d Pipe Smoking 220 d Pneumonia 0 influenza 141 d Alcohol 130 d Diabetes 95 d Legal Drug Misuse 90 d Job WIth Radiation Exposure 40 d Natural Radiation 8 d Medical X-Rays 6 d Coffee 6 d Oral Contraceptives 5 d Radiation From Nuclear Industry 0.02 days ========================================================================== --- QuickBBS v2.04 * Origin: NASA Aerospace Information Reprography 407-774-7371 (1:363/49)