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Nicotine Propaganda

4. "Nicotine is highly toxic"
No, it is probably not much more toxic than some other normal dietary elements.

In October 2013, Prof Mayer of Graz showed that nicotine's toxicity has been greatly overstated; that there is zero evidence for the current LD50; that no one has ever died as a result of consuming a dose equivalent to the current LD50; and that people routinely survive consumption of doses many times the current LD50 with no ill effects to speak of.

This was the first-ever comprehensive review of the evidence supporting the current LD50; and as a result (as Mayer reports that there is none whatsoever), the LD50 will need to be adjusted upward by as much as a factor of 20 (in line with his research into what does constitute a proven fatal dose). Even so, it still only applies to certain delivery methods such as injection, because it has been demonstrated that people can ingest a very large amount of nicotine and suffer no lasting effects [4]; although apparently the abdominal pain at the time takes some beating - nicotine ingestion (swallowing it) triggers a vomit reflex in adults and the material is almost entirely expelled.

"Nicotine is a toxic material because if you swallow a lot, the prolonged vomiting to expel it, and the abdominal pain, are severe." This statement is true.
 

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It doesnt actually take a lot of nic to kill a full size human. Depends on the percentage. They have 99% nic available. 1 drop would do it.


But in terms of deaths, a 1 year old died just (a year maybe) ago from Eliquid....

That tho was stupidity, I am sorry the child died, but what ..... leaves 100mg nic not just open but on a low table, and to the try to sue the vendor for not having child proof caps on the bottles, ..., what difference would the cap type make when left OFF the bottle
 

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It doesnt actually take a lot of nic to kill a full size human. Depends on the percentage. They have 99% nic available. 1 drop would do it.

I'm not sure where you heard that, but it's an exaggeration. An oral or injected lethal dose of 99% nic is something more than half a gram. And, it doesn't really matter if it's oral or injected. Nic is not much different PH (slightly alkaline) than the human body so it passes membranes pretty easily. Luckily, our skin resists transfer a whole lot more than the wet membranes inside our bodies so it would be difficult to absorb a half gram dose quickly enough for it to be lethal if that were spilled on one's hand or something. Spilled on skin, it would take several grams to generate a lethal situation.
 

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