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		tasty_freeze on Nov 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The World's Deadliest Thing Wikipedia says "The estimated human lethal dose of type A toxin is 1.3–2.1 ng/kg intravenously or intramuscularly, 10–13 ng/kg when inhaled, or 1000 ng/kg when taken by mouth." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin

vanderZwan on Nov 23, 2021 [–]

> 10–13 ng/kg when inhaled

Well, that answers the poor "how would Saddam have gotten us to eat it?" joke in the article - disperse it as a cloud instead

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