On 48 hours tonight. A husband murdered his wife using nicotine. So much for the ole "there is not one recorded nicotine caused death ever documented."
Well, let's call that a murder. Kind of different. This murderer just chose nicotine instead of arsenic, ethylene glycol or any other poison.
No, liquid nic. 100mg....not from VT[emoji13]did he do it with eliquid?
Yea this is it. Paul Curry. A former Jeapordy champion.Killer poison: Nicotine as a murder weapon? - CBS News
If this is the story you're referring to, then he actually injected his wife with nicotine back in 1994. He only got charged in 2010. Interesting read though.
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.
Always wondered who authored this article. Any clue who wrote it?
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....
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.
2.5 Million Alcohol-Related Deaths Worldwide- Annually