Some varients of botulinum poison are so deadly that even a few nanograms can kill a person. How does a few nanograms of anything kill someone?

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Some varients of botulinum poison are so deadly that even a few nanograms can kill a person. How does a few nanograms of anything kill someone?

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One way of destroying a car would be to bomb it. But if the goal is to prevent it from running you only need to disable the engine. This could still include blowing up the engine. Or fouling the fuel. Or something as tiny as clipping a wire that controls how much air and fuel get in, which cuts off one or both.

If the tiny amount of poison messes up chemical reactions that are very important, like keeping the lungs or heart going, then smaller amounts are needed to be lethal. Botox basically disconnects the nerves from the muscles, including those needed to breathe. Depriving the brain of oxygen gets very bad very fast.

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