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thats about how much arsenic it takes to kill you

Have a look at sometyhing called LD50 - I knwo you wont so
LD50 refers tot he lethal dose required to kill 50% of a populaitons expressed in milligrams er kilogram of bodyweight
the following are a few LD 50s form Wikepedia

Table Salt


3,000 mg/kg




Paracetamol (acetaminophen)



1,944 mg/kg





Metallic Arsenic


763 mg/kg


Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)


200 mg/kg




Caffeine


192 mg/kg





Arsenic trisulfide



185?6,400 mg/kg





Sodium nitrite


180 mg/kg




Cadmium oxide


72 mg/kg





Sodium fluoride


52 mg/kg





Nicotine


50 mg/kg




Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)



16.5 mg/kg




Arsenic trioxide


14 mg/kg