Forty years ago, in the ominously titled research paper “Bacterial Toxins: A Table of Lethal Amounts,” D. Michael Gill described the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin as the most lethal toxin known to mankind.* The dangers of the neurotoxin extend to all mammals and some, like horses, are especially susceptible to intoxication, a disease called botulism. C. botulinum bacteria are dispersed […]
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