Name: 眼藥水真的可以用來謀殺？毒物專家解答各種毒物問題 Toxicologist Answers Poison Questions From Twitter｜名人專業問答｜GQ Taiwan
Uploaded: 2022-03-11T05:06:46.000Z
Duration: 14 min 18 s

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- If you've been bitten by a brown recluse spider,

the first thing I can tell you, keep the spider.

Jehovah's witness, Jehovah's Thickness asks,

so can you really poison people by putting eye drops

There have been several high profile cases where a spouse

has been accused of murder for putting Visine drops

It works great on your eyes getting the red out.

it can cause your other blood vessels to also constrict.

And when those constrict you can cut off blood supply

It's been shown that only a quarter teaspoon

ingested by a child can actually cause significant toxicity.

So you need to be very careful in where you keep your Visine

Next up, we have a question from Benjamin Sano.

Certain poison gases when you breathe them in,

they immediately destroy the lining of your lung.

And so if you don't have a good lung lining,

well then you really can't oxygenate your blood

Poison gases can also work by interacting with the cells

within your body and stop them from being able

That's a really big deal when it comes to

Carbon monoxide poisoning often manifests as sleepiness,

and unfortunately carbon monoxide is tasteless, odorless.

if you've been exposed to carbon monoxide.

That's why those carbon monoxide detectors that you can get

at your local big box store are so important.

Can you get lead poisoning from stabbing yourself really

Pencils actually contain a mix of graphite and clay,

We have a question now from Brendon FlyEaglesFly.

Did you know that toothpaste can kill you

because it's a poison if you eat the whole bottle at once?

It even says use more for brushing than eating.

Fluoride when brushed on the teeth helps protect the enamel.

And so it's very good for your teeth, but again,

because the fluoride is a lot like calcium.

So if you have too much fluoride in your body,

as well as calcium is important in a number of different

metabolic reactions that keep your body healthy.

If you did eat an entire thing of toothpaste,

That fluoride in your body could escalate to the point where

Absolutely you can die of food poisoning.

Food poisoning is actually one of the most common poisonings

According to the Centers for Disease Control

one in six Americans suffer from some form

128,000 Americans end up going to the hospital

And about 3,000 people die every year of food poisoning.

The biggest problem with food poisoning is dehydration.

you really need to make sure that you stay hydrated.

Sometimes food poisoning can be very difficult to diagnose

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