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Natural or Man-made Chemicals?

Natural or Man-made Chemicals?. Adapted from a presentation by Penny Le Couteur, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, Canada. “All substances are poisonous,. there is none which is not a poison; the right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.” . Paracelsus circa 1538. The great myth.

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Natural or Man-made Chemicals?

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  1. Natural or Man-made Chemicals? Adapted from a presentation by Penny Le Couteur, The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, Canada

  2. “All substances are poisonous, there is none which is not a poison; the right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.” Paracelsus circa 1538

  3. The great myth “Natural is good; man-made is bad”

  4. It may be natural but you’ll be just as dead!

  5. The seven most deadly chemical compounds LD50 = The lethal dose of a compound for 50% of animals exposed * Synthetic

  6. Viktor YushchenkoPresident of the Ukraine July 2004 December 2004

  7. Muscarine - from mushrooms

  8. Bufotoxin – from the common toad

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