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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Isn't the LD 50 just over a gram?

[–] ArbitraryValue 1 points 10 hours ago

What I read was that it's about 200mg per kg, so for a 70kg human that works out to 14 grams. That actually sounds remarkably high (14 grams is a lot). Did I mess up somewhere?