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cyanide’s authentic origins as a by-product isolated in 1782 from the first modern synthetic pigment, Prussian Blue.
Benjamin Labatut • When We Cease to Understand the World
Hydrogen cyanide is thought to have been abundant in the atmosphere of the young Earth,
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
these chemical firefighters knock out free radicals, and then stabilize themselves to end the destructive chain reaction.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
Arsenic The establishment definition of arsenic refers to, “...a poisonous greyish metallic element...” Arsenic occurs naturally in conjunction with a number of other metals, such as gold, copper, zinc and lead; it is therefore a common by-product of mining and of smelting processes used to extract these other metals. Furthermore, like lead and
... See moreDawn Lester • What Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Disease Is Wrong
Aum Shinrikyo, the apocalyptic cult that choked Tokyo subway commuters with sarin gas in 1995, turned out to have nearly a billion dollars in the bank and a uranium-mining operation in Australia—
Amaryllis Fox • Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA
Dr. Jonathan Southard, Dr. Ying Long, Dr. Andrew Kolbert, Dr. Shri Thanedar, and I coauthored a paper titled “Presence of L-canavanine in Hedysarum alpinum seeds and its potential role in the death of Chris McCandless,” which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine in October 2014.
