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		sliverstorm on April 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World’s 2nd deadliest poison, in an aquarium store... Yup. 10x more toxic than palytoxin. And we inject it in ourselves voluntarily. Humans are such funny creatures.

delackner on April 11, 2011 [–]

There is a poisonous dosage of ALL chemicals. H2O among them. The question is, is there a dosage of botulism that has a therapeutic effect?

ojbyrne on April 21, 2011 | [–]

Botulinum toxin type A is known as "Botox." It has some therapeutic uses, but mostly cosmetic ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin

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