The bitter kernels within apricot pits, sold in packages in some health food stores, can release cyanide when eaten. They are sometimes marketed as a “medicinal ingredient.” CBC | Health News
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Japan to hang ‘Black Widow’ who dated rich men & poisoned them with cyanide
Published time: 7 Nov, 2017 09:03 A Japanese court has sentenced a “Black Widow” who met wealthy partners via dating agencies and poisoned them with cyanide. She kept the poison in a plant pot, and revealed she had killed her husband for spending “millions of yen” on other women. Chisako Kakehi, 70, was sentenced to […]
Supplement warning: Man suffered cyanide poisoning from potentially deadly apricot kernels
A MAN developed cyanide poisoning from apricot kernel extract, doctors writing in the BMJ have revealed. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Anti-coyote ‘cyanide bomb’ hurts 14yo Idaho boy, kills his dog
An Idaho family is outraged after a device planted by predator-control agents near their home sprayed their 14-year-old son and killed the family dog. The device, called an M-44, is spring-loaded to discharge poisonous sodium cyanide powder if it is pulled on. The US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services uses the scent-baited booby-traps to kill […]
