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...precaution, however, was well taken. Of the first 324 cans of Bon Vivant vichyssoise recalled and tested, five were found to be contaminated. A number of others had telltale bulges, which often but not always signal the presence of botulinum toxin, one of the most deadly poisons known to man. (One ounce of the poison is enough to kill the entire population of the U.S.) The toxin is produced by the hard-shelled spores of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which lie dormant in !he soil but flourish in the airless environment of canned foods when they are improperly processed. Heating...
...solution-a rusty nail in a kitchen cupboard. Late that night, when Myrna was sleeping off the extra-heavy dose of fortified milk I had prepared for her, I scratched her, ever so gently, on the right instep-I did not want to hurt her. Within the week the toxin took hold...
...vastatrix's deadly advance has given growers throughout Latin America a bad case of coffee nerves. Once the microscopic spores of the fungus settle on a susceptible plant, they send thin, tubular filaments into the leaf. These cause structural damage and also release a toxin that disrupts the life-giving process of photosynthesis. As the sickly patches spread, other leaves catch the infection, and within a year or two the entire plant dies...
Presumably, DDT reaches the ground on falling leaves, and earthworms surfacing at night accumulate the toxin when they feed. DDT then passes up the food chain to the robins...
...watchdogs and spoken of in whispers as "the most secret chemical-warfare establishment in this hemisphere." The chief security officer has been murdered. Dr. Baxter is missing. Dr. Oster is a marked man. Worst of all, some crucial flasks have been pilfered from E Lab. Several contain enough botulinus toxin to wipe out the entire population of Los Angeles. One flask, warns Research Scientist Hoffman (Richard Basehart) is brimful of the "satan bug," a biological doomsday weapon that can launch death on a global scale. In this unpersuasive sci-fi thriller directed by John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock...