alt Hacker News> Less than 0.1 mL is capable of inducing severe mercury poisoning resulting in death
Holy hell. I would've have believed it was possible for a non-biological substance to be so toxic.
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kurthr • yesterday at 8:10 PM
If you're worried about >100mg (0.1ml) then, don't think about the dosages people use for botox! It's 1x,2x,3x 80picograms per injection.
I guess it's a biological product, but it's certainly not "living".
Then there's carfentanil and similar which are deadly only at much higher 100 microgram levels.
ac29 • yesterday at 8:57 PM
the methyl groups make it organic chemistry (and dangerous), elemental mercury is fairly safe
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The density of Dimethyl Mercury is almost 3g/ml, so 0.1 mL is like 300 mg.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning
> A fatal dose for humans is on average 1.52 mg/kg of body weight
Assuming 80kg(175pounds), that's like 120mg of Cyanide.
There is probably even more nasty stuff.