gutter_ca
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Toxic Carnival
Of interest here is the "Our Favorite Toxic Chemicals" blog carnival organized by ScienceGeist. A whole bunch (41 at last count) of chem bloggers wrote about their favorite toxins, mainly in response to some recent mainstream
press chemophobia.
Yeah, I'm kinda whoring because I wrote a post for it.
Edited to add description, since apparently ..." the "Our Favorite Toxic Chemicals" blog carnival..." is ambiguous.
[Edited on 5/25/2012 by gutter_ca]
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There is a few thing to mention:
At first: what is this about?
Second: on the linked page there are experiences from different kind people, sometimes they mention chemicals what are absolutely not poisonous:
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Captain Pegleg brings it back to food (always a favorite here) and writes about capsaicin. Capsaicin is the molecule in peppers that is responsible
for the “heat” that we sense. The heat is a warning to us that we are eating something dangerous. But, we continue to eat this poison.
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Oxybenzone is very effective at blocking UV-A radiation and may help prevent DNA damage. But, there are studies showing that large amounts (more than
we can apply to ourselves) can disrupt hormone regulation.
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And they sometimes mention things what can't happen if you live a "normal life". E.g.: I think fluorine gas poisoning is a rare symptom in the local
hospital...
And back to the original topic: my fav. toxic substance is what won't hurt me when I work with it.
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gutter_ca
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Quote: Originally posted by kristofvagyok  |
There is a few thing to mention:
At first: what is this about?
Second: on the linked page there are experiences from different kind people, sometimes they mention chemicals what are absolutely not poisonous:
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Captain Pegleg brings it back to food (always a favorite here) and writes about capsaicin. Capsaicin is the molecule in peppers that is responsible
for the “heat” that we sense. The heat is a warning to us that we are eating something dangerous. But, we continue to eat this poison.
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Oxybenzone is very effective at blocking UV-A radiation and may help prevent DNA damage. But, there are studies showing that large amounts (more than
we can apply to ourselves) can disrupt hormone regulation.
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And they sometimes mention things what can't happen if you live a "normal life". E.g.: I think fluorine gas poisoning is a rare symptom in the local
hospital...
And back to the original topic: my fav. toxic substance is what won't hurt me when I work with it.
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First, if you read the page, it explains what it's all about--a bunch of chemists writing about their favorite toxic compounds.
Second, capsaicin is absolutely poisonous, at a high enough dose, as is water. Capsaicin LD50(rat) is 47.2 mg/kg.
Last, we're chemists--certainly we're exposed to things others aren't.
EDIT: Mixed pronouns. Also, point of the exercise was to counter chemophobia.
[Edited on 5/25/2012 by gutter_ca]
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So are you trying to advertize this guy website or do you want people to talk about their most favorite toxic chemicals?
Your first post seemed like an adverizement.
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gutter_ca
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Advertising what, exactly? There isn't even ads there.
A whole lot of chem bloggers (41 at last count) wrote about there favorite toxic chemical. I thought more might, you know, go to the site and read it
for themselves.
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I dont know... My first post sounds a little acusing. Sorry. It just seemed like you were trying to bring people into that website.
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Some of the stories are entertaining. I like the FOOF entry. Dioxygen difluoride. Wonderful stuff. Exists only in a cryogenic vessel and
explodes/ignites on contact with just about anything.
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Ummm, maybe aconitine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitine
there may be bugs in gfind
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