Poisons

The standard test for determining cyanide exposure currently takes 24 hours. Now, however, a scientist at South Dakota State University has developed a sensor that detects cyanide within a blood sample in just 70 seconds.

When a snake-bite victim shows up at a hospital, it's vitally important for caregivers to know what species of snake bit them. Making that ID could one day be much easier, thanks to a current study in which species were reliably identified via snake DNA obtained from bite wounds.

In a perfect world, cigarette waste simply wouldn't exist. Given that it does, though, scientists have explored a number of methods of repurposing it. Now, researchers have shown that cigarette ash can be used as a low-cost means of filtering arsenic from water supplies.

Researchers have designed a new two-triggered spray bottle, designed to keep young children from spraying out its contents.

May 28, 2007 Botulism toxin is the deadliest poison on the planet. 2kg of it is enough to kill every person on the planet - although this doesn't stop the rich