Top 10 MOST DANGEROUS CHEMICAL


 
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10. Digoxin
A  purified extract of the foxglove plant. In proper quantities, digoxin increases the efficiency ofthe heart. Charles Cullen, a nurse and the "angel of death", used pharmaceutical grade digoxin tokill over forty patients using the drug.
9. Hydrogen peroxide
The hydrogen peroxide in your bathroom cabinet has a concentration of 3 to 6%. At higherconcentrations, it's a rocket propellant. Hydrogen peroxide is extremely volatile, with the merestnudge setting off an explosion in laboratory grade solutions (>70% hydrogen peroxide). The2005 London subway bombers used concentrated hydrogen peroxide as an explosive in theattacks that killed 52 people.
 
8. Ethylene glycol
It's in your car as antifreeze. It's cheap. It looks so damn simple. It has a moderate toxicity level,however, the sweet taste can make one easily surpass that boundary, leading the ethylene glycolto be metabolized into the more dangerous oxalic acid. Keep it away from animals and pets, asthey are likely to lap up the liquid as a food source. If you do ingest a large amount of ethyleneglycol, death is slow, knocking out organ systems systematically over the course of 72 hours.The treatment is administration of  grain ethanol, as the ethanol competes with ethylene glycol for binding in your body.Expand
7. Nicotine
A member of the nightshade family of plants, this oily liquid that makes up between 0.6 to 3% ofa cigarette's mass. Contact with the liquid pure form can cause death within hours, as nicotine passes through the dermis and heads directly for the bloodstream. Overdoses and death caneasily occur in those smoking cigarettes with nicotine patches applied on their body. 
 
6. Sodium cyanide
A routine industrial reactant, but one false step results in the smell of almonds, then death withinseconds. Cyanide  binds to cytochrome c oxidase, a protein in the mitochondria, and stops thecells from using oxygen.Expand
5. Strychnine
Commonly used as a pesticide to kill large unwanted pests like rodents and birds. Due to the easeof concealment, strychnine is rumored to have killed many historic figures including Alexanderthe Great and Blues musician Robert Johnson.
4. Tabun
One of the first nerve agents discovered, this liquid is known for a fruity odor and can be sprayedas a mist that causes convulsions and paralysis. Tabun itself is not extremely deadly, but thesuccess of this chemical compound in war led to the development of deadlier toxins like ricin
emical. Agent Orange was created to cause defoliation of dense areasin Vietnam, but this contaminant led to severe  prenatal deformities and skin lesions. Expand
2. VX
One of the first chemical WMDs, researchers initially produced VX for  retail sale in the 1950s asa pesticide. Thankfully, your likelihood of coming in contact with VX is extremely low - theworld's stockpiles have been destroyed, including the United States' main stockpile in Anniston,AL. Expand
1. Batrachotoxin

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