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  2. Arsenic poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Recommended levels in water are less than 10–50 μg/L (10–50 parts per billion). [1] Other routes of exposure include toxic waste sites and pseudo-medicine. [1] [3] Most cases of poisoning are accidental. [1] Arsenic acts by changing the functioning of around 200 enzymes. [1] Diagnosis is by testing the urine, blood, or hair. [1]

  3. Selenium - Wikipedia

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    The 1992 study found the maximum safe dietary selenium intake to be approximately 800 micrograms per day (15 micrograms per kilogram body weight), but suggested 400 micrograms per day to avoid creating an imbalance of nutrients in the diet and to accord with data from other countries. [137]

  4. Polonium - Wikipedia

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    As the spleen (150 g) and the liver (1.3 to 3 kg) are much smaller than the rest of the body, if the polonium is concentrated in these vital organs, it is a greater threat to life than the dose which would be suffered (on average) by the whole body if it were spread evenly throughout the body, in the same way as caesium or tritium (as T 2 O ...

  5. Mass–energy equivalence - Wikipedia

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    If its temperature is allowed to change by 1 °C, its mass changes by 1.5 picograms (1 pg = 1 × 10 −12 g). [note 5] A spinning ball has greater mass than when it is not spinning. Its increase of mass is exactly the equivalent of the mass of energy of rotation, which is itself the sum of the kinetic energies of all the moving parts of the ball.

  6. Ricin - Wikipedia

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    Ricin (/ ˈ r aɪ s ɪ n / RY-sin) is a lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) and a highly potent toxin produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.The median lethal dose (LD 50) of ricin for mice is around 22 micrograms per kilogram of body weight via intraperitoneal injection.

  7. Boston - Wikipedia

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    Boston [a] is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States.

  8. Opium - Wikipedia

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    Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. [4] Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.

  9. Breathalyzer - Wikipedia

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    Time of breath test-10:00pm...Result of breath test-0.080...Time of driving-9:00pm (stopped by officer)...Time of last drink-8:00pm...Last food-12:00pm. Using these facts, an expert can say the person's last drink was consumed on an empty stomach, which means absorption of the last drink (at 8:00) was complete within one hour-9:00.