There are a lot of plants, fungus, and bacteria out there capable of killing you if you eat, hold or inject them. Here are the 5 deadliest substances to stay away from.
1. Clostridium botulinum
This deadly poison can be found in honey. It can't do any harm to the adults and kids if they consume honey but it could be dangerous to the babies under 12 months. So we should never feed honey to them.
It also can be found in canned food where bacteria and spores survive for improperly processing the food. Then these growing bacteria and spores in canned food can easily produce the toxin.
Many people died in the U.S every year because of the disease called "Botulism" caused by the toxin "Clostridium Botulinum".
2.Ricin
Ricin is one of the deadliest natural substances. It can't be found in animals. But it can be found in the beans of the Castor plant.
Just 500 micrograms of this staff can kill a man. It is found almost everywhere in the world. This poison was used in the historical assassination of Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov. So we should stay away from the toxin called ricin that found in the castor beans.
3.Cyanide
Cyanide is a very highly toxic chemical that can be found in seeds of fruits like Apple, apricots. Also, if you inhale in smoke from a house fire, it will enter your body, and if you work in a metal polishing workshop, it also can find you to attack. There are many cyanides like potassium cyanide, sodium cyanide, hydrogen cyanide, etc. First 2 of them are very toxic that can kill you in a few minutes!
4. Strychnine tree
Strychnine tree contains seeds that used in arrow poisoning. These seeds are also famous by the name " poison nut." This tree includes so much dangerous poison that it has been a popular choice for assassination for decades.
This tree and its toxin are fatal to humans and animals.
5. Mushrooms
Mushroom is a delicious vegetable and widely used in salads and many delicious dishes. When it comes to eating, not every kind of mushroom is consumable. In fact, some kinds of mushrooms are so toxic that they can easily kill you. Such as deadliest duo called Death Cap and Destroying Angel.
Both contain a toxin called amazing. This toxin cause liver and kidney failure and also can damage the liver and kidney forever. By consuming Only half of Death Cap and Destroying Angel mushroom will kill you in few times.
All toxic mushrooms don't have enough toxin to kill you. Some will cause headaches some will cause vomiting or some will feel you unwell. There are also some mushrooms that have a toxin in their skin and you will be wounded by only touching it. Whatever harms they do none can reach the level of death cap and destroying angels level. Just imagine you eat only half from either mushroom and you will die! That's how having foods sometimes cause death.
We should aware of all toxic substances and should extra aware of these above 5 and toxic mushrooms cause many people to eat that every day.
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