Jim Henderson wrote:
> Lethal doses of pure capsaicin that I've read about are about 47 mg per 
> kg of the victim.

So we're talking like a half-teaspoon of capsaicin here?  That would 
indeed be a scary amount.

Offhand, so you know what causes it to be toxic?  I was only aware of it 
binding to hear/pain receptors and I don't see how this would cause a 
problem except from the body's reaction to it.  Or perhaps it's just the 
case that at some level that reaction generally becomes fatal?

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