How To Survive Poison
It’s not just how much you take in; it’s how fast your body can purge it.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Poison: A substance that is capable of causing illness or death when introduced or absorbed.
- Overdose: A dangerously large dose of a substance.
- Biotransformation: The process by which foreign chemicals are transformed by the body into less toxic substances.
- Polydipsia: The medical term for feelings of extreme thirst that can lead to hyponatremia.
- Hyponatremia: Abnormally low sodium in the blood often caused by excessive water consumption.
- Lethal Concentration - The concentration a substance needs to be in the bloodstream to kill 50% of subjects.
- Metabolism - the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
- Toxicity - the quality of being toxic or poisonous.
- Excretion - the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
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