Toxins are famous as ways to poison people in Hollywood movies. In olden times, such as the age of Shakespeare, toxins would work as an assassin's weapon of choice. There's a multitude of poisons that range from quick acting and painless to slow, debilitating, crippling, and the most painful death you can ensure. (Let's try not to use poisons, shall we?) But where do these toxins derive from?
Believe it or not, plants can have key ingredients to producing some of the most lethal toxins. Synthetic toxins, such as toxic waste from nuclear facilities, are made without plant involvement. The deadly poison Riccin derives from a plant source, Uranium rods do not. While radioactivity isn't directly classified as a poison, it is considered to be a lethal toxin. Radiation causes severe problems with human health, organ systems working properly, and basically everything else.
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