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Cyanide Poisoning

Cyanide Poisoning Overview

Cyanide is a rare but potentially deadly poison. It works by making the body unable to use life-sustaining oxygen. Unlike the hastily chomped cyanide-containing suicide pill in a James Bond movie, in the real world, most sources of cyanide are more mundane.



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