RE: [CH] Toxic Capsaicin?- humor off topic

Law, Doug (Law@mail.andros.com)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:37:03 -0700

Capsaicin is not the only thing that is bad for you!

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Little known toxic properties of the element oxygen:

In concentrations of greater than 75% this element has been shown to cause
inflamed mucus membranes, resulting in lesions that resemble first degree
burns.

This element has also been shown to be dramatically toxic in very low
concentrations.  Prolonged exposure to concentrations below 0.1% are
invariably fatal to the test subject.

The most common range of exposure, however, is between 20 and 22%.  This
causes a slow degradation of the vision, hearing, muscular strength,
flexibility and in the case of the male, potency, ending in eventual death.
The process is commonly referred to as aging.