Kevin Wampler wrote:

> 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?

What, a neurotoxin isn't leathal? ;-)

Wikipedia claims that severe exposure can cause things such as breathing 
difficulty. It's not hard to imagine how if you get too much of this 
stuff into you, your airways could become so inflamed that you cannot 
actually breathe. This is probably fatal.

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