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Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Did you solve it? Two dead at the drink-off a brilliant new lateral thinking puzzle

Both Smith and Jones died because each drank a weak poison before the ceremony and brought water instead of a stronger poison, so no antidote neutralized the ingested poison.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide is a quiet assassin. Odorless and colorless, it has a uniquely efficient ability to starve the body of oxygen: It acts quickly, building up in the bloodstream and attaching to hemoglobin in oxygen's place. When oxygen can't attach, red blood cells don't transport it around the body, effectively suffocating the organs. This gas, a common by-product of incomplete fuel combustion, causes 50,000 to 100,000 emergency room visits and 1,500 deaths in the U.S. each year.
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