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| FIRE EXTINGUISHER FLUID: caused liver and kidney damage in animals, but not in humans |
| BENZENE and ASBESTOS: passed as safe in tests on animals, both are killers in humans |
| EMULSIFIER (found in polish and hair solution: "A severe irritant in the rabbit`s eye, a moderate irritant on the rabbit`s skin, and a mild irritant on human skin" |
| INSECTICIDE: according to tests on rats, it took 12,000mg per Kg body weight to kill half of the animals on test = to 840mgs (almost 2lbs) in a human |
| SUGAR: according to tests on rats, it would take 2.5Kg (over 5lbs), in one dose, to kill a person |
| CORRECTING FLUID/THINNERS: according to tests on rats, it took 14,300mg per Kg body weight to kill half of the animals on test = to over 1Kg (2.2lbs) in a human |
| FLAVOUR ENHANCER: tested in animals at such high doses = to 1,200Kg - enough to flavour 6 tons of food. |
| PHOTOCOPIER TONER: Force-fed to rats, there is "no evidence of acute oral toxicity". The amount given to rats = to 350gms (12oz) in humans |
| "There is a well characterized substance, which when administered by mouth to rabbits in daily doses of 300-330 ml/kg body weight causes listlessness, ataxia, duress, stupor, convulsions, and death, within two or three weeks... That substance is pure water" |
| ALCOHOL: a human-sized rat could consume twelve bottles of scotch a day, with no more liver damage than that caused by half a bottle to the human liver. "An alcohol level that could be disposed of in a person in around 4-6 hours would take 8-12 in a horse, 2-3 in a dog, and half-1 hour in a mouse" |
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