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Broken-down cherry pits expose your body to prussic acid more easily.
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Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2023
The high levels of prussic acid in the sorghum grass had an intoxicating effect on the cattle, blocking their cellular respiration and effectively suffocating them, Giantin told USA TODAY in an email.
—Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
In 1782, another chemist, mixing Prussian blue with sulphuric acid, produced the poison hydrogen cyanide, also called prussic acid, which, in the formulation known as Zyklon B, was eventually to leave its residue on the bricks of Auschwitz, coating them with that same brilliant shade of blue.
—Ruth Frankli, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
In 1892, prussic acid, a lethal poison, was only available with a doctor's prescription.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 31 July 2021
Cara Robertson: Someone who was identified as Lizzie Borden tried to buy prussic acid the day before the murders.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 31 July 2021
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Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2023
The high levels of prussic acid in the sorghum grass had an intoxicating effect on the cattle, blocking their cellular respiration and effectively suffocating them, Giantin told USA TODAY in an email.
—Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
In 1782, another chemist, mixing Prussian blue with sulphuric acid, produced the poison hydrogen cyanide, also called prussic acid, which, in the formulation known as Zyklon B, was eventually to leave its residue on the bricks of Auschwitz, coating them with that same brilliant shade of blue.
—Ruth Frankli, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
In 1892, prussic acid, a lethal poison, was only available with a doctor's prescription.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 31 July 2021
Cara Robertson: Someone who was identified as Lizzie Borden tried to buy prussic acid the day before the murders.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 31 July 2021
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“Prussic acid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prussic%20acid. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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prussic acid
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prus·sic acid
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