Earlier that year the same group killed 12 people with sarin nerve gas. Iraq used cyanide in its attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja in 1988. Five thousand people died and many were ...

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by ...

Reaction with acid liberates hydrogen cyanide gas, one of the most toxic and rapidly acting poisons. Solutions must be kept basic (pH>8). Gloves are necessary to prevent absorption through the skin.

It can occur as a colourless gas or liquid or in crystal form. People can be exposed to cyanide by breathing it in, absorbing it through the skin, or eating food or liquids that contain it.

The CEO of one of Africa's biggest energy producers has survived an "attempt on his life," after he was served a cup of coffee laced with cyanide, according to numerous reports. Andre De Ruyter ...

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Victims of cyanide are effectively choked by the toxic gas. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, confusion, vomiting and convulsions. At high concentrations it can cause rapid death.

Using the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) in Mexico, astronomers have performed spectroscopic observations of the Swelling ...