NinjaZ@infosec.pub to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agoThe lethal doses of 55 substancesinfosec.pubimagemessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down159
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minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·8 months agoVitamin C more harmful than gasoline is an interesting one.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·8 months agoYeah, very confusing if you don’t understand how the data works.
minus-squareDale@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYeah, the ld50 for gasoline is 5000 mg/kg, not 14,000 which is the limit for acute toxicity. This whole chart is shit.
minus-squareugh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoSpecifically from the sun, too. I have never heard of anyone dying from too much sun exposure that’s not related to the temperature or skin damage.
minus-squaresep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoNot possible to get 3-3.5 grams (based on bodey weigth) of d vitamin from the sun. Since the body produce about 25 micrograms in 10-15 minutes during peak summer. And would just flush the excess. To be leathal it would need to be in one single dose.
minus-squareRakonat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoSo we need a sun laser beam. Got it.
minus-square🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoOr just ingest a lot of D vitamin pills.
minus-squareugh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s exactly what I assumed. It makes no sense. I guess I wasn’t clear considering the downvotes.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months ago1000 IU of Vitamin D is 25 mcg. So the LD50 for an 80 kg adult is 37×80×1000÷25 ≈ 120 000 vitamin D pills. I think you’ll be fine.
Vitamin C more harmful than gasoline is an interesting one.
Yeah, very confusing if you don’t understand how the data works.
Even water is lethal!
Yeah, the ld50 for gasoline is 5000 mg/kg, not 14,000 which is the limit for acute toxicity. This whole chart is shit.
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Specifically from the sun, too. I have never heard of anyone dying from too much sun exposure that’s not related to the temperature or skin damage.
Not possible to get 3-3.5 grams (based on bodey weigth) of d vitamin from the sun. Since the body produce about 25 micrograms in 10-15 minutes during peak summer. And would just flush the excess. To be leathal it would need to be in one single dose.
So we need a sun laser beam. Got it.
It is the obvious conclusion ;)
Or just ingest a lot of D vitamin pills.
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That’s exactly what I assumed. It makes no sense. I guess I wasn’t clear considering the downvotes.
1000 IU of Vitamin D is 25 mcg. So the LD50 for an 80 kg adult is 37×80×1000÷25 ≈ 120 000 vitamin D pills.
I think you’ll be fine.