tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post1852402678109634784..comments2014-12-06T02:37:24.587-05:00Chris[email protected]Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-81298895171919189542008-02-05T16:45:00.000-05:002008-02-05T16:45:00.000-05:00Maybe the KGB just doesn't care if it's discovered?Ashutoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-40580152950138339482008-02-04T20:05:00.000-05:002008-02-04T20:05:00.000-05:00Maybe I'm slow to realize this, but it has recently become evident to me that the minds behind Drugs and Poisons and A Good Poop are one and the same.<BR/>Brilliant blogs both. I usually forget about mine for months at a time.Toaster Sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388782618295656406[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-69050689861576452462008-01-30T14:33:00.000-05:002008-01-30T14:33:00.000-05:00Great post! Love the mythology tie-in, always nice when taxonomists make the effort to be poetic. <BR/><BR/>Also, sometimes I wonder about you guys and your poison knowledge...Kieranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335524605508469127[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-33906764766832130272008-01-29T07:36:00.000-05:002008-01-29T07:36:00.000-05:00I was shaking my head in disbelief when they first used TCDD dioxin to try to kill Yuschenko and then used polonium 210 to kill Litvinenko. This is completely imbecile choice of using (nasty) poisons that are easy to detect, are to be found in every textbook and that produce tell-tale signs.<BR/>With such KGB diletante poisoners no wonder that USSR ended up in the dustbin of history.<BR/><BR/>I was reading that at one time CIA was quite fond of using exotic cone snail toxin to give people heart attack. But it was not given in food but by injection (and later also transdermally as a DMSO solution).milkshake[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-64572342706364075422008-01-28T22:19:00.000-05:002008-01-28T22:19:00.000-05:00Ah, good milkshake, excellent points.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for making them!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05349466286549537039[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-83745895149065628832008-01-28T14:44:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:44:00.000-05:00Cardiotoxic plants are a poor choice - the victim is likely to expire right after the meal, with his belly still full of undigested food = plenty of material for forensic study. Once there is a suspicion of foul play, the testing could be quite extensive.<BR/><BR/>The best posions are those that have no characteristic UV absorbtion, are quickly metabolised and induce progressive but slow organ failure (liver, kidneys, lungs) that takes few days to develop fully. The used poison shouldn't contain any suspicious and easy-to-detect elements like metals or fluorine and its effect should emulate a naturally-occuring medical condition.milkshake[email protected]