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Blood levels of cyanide can be measured but take time. [2] Levels of 0.5–1 mg/L are mild, 1–2 mg/L are moderate, 2–3 mg/L are severe, and greater than 3 mg/L generally result in death. [2] If exposure is suspected, the person should be removed from the source of the exposure and decontaminated. [3]
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths. In 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. [1]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
[1] [10] It is the most common type of fatal poisoning in many countries. [11] In the United States, non-fire related cases result in more than 400 deaths a year. [1] Poisonings occur more often in the winter, particularly from the use of portable generators during power outages. [2] [12] The toxic effects of CO have been known since ancient ...
A 37-year-old acid attack victim from Tabriz, Iran. An acid attack, [1] also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault [2] [3] [4] involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill". [5]
Biocides need not be poisonous to humans, because they can target metabolic pathways absent in humans, leaving only incidental toxicity. For instance, the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is a mimic of a plant growth hormone, which causes uncontrollable growth leading to the death of the plant. Humans and animals, lacking this hormone ...
The hydrogen cyanide gas chamber is considered to be the most dangerous, most complicated, most time-consuming and most expensive method of administering the death penalty. [44] [45] [46] It is also notoriously impossible to halt once initiated, which has occurred in the case of stays, such as in the case of Burton Abbott.
Poisoning is the 4th most common cause of death within young people. Accidental ingestions are most common in children less than 5 years old. However, hospital and emergency facilities are much enhanced compared to the first half of the 20th century and before, and antidotes are more available.