Discussion S.Nitrate not nitrite death.

[MeltingHeart]

Student died in his room after consuming more than 100 times the safe amount of sodium nitrate, inquest hears

A STUDENT died after ingesting at least 100 times the safe amount of a food preservative and colour fixative for meats, an inquest heard.

www.dailyecho.co.uk

Questions- do you think he took/ ordered the wrong stuff?
Why does toxicology also say some nitrite but that was not the bag of stuff he had -he had nitrate
Isnt it a bit weird they think not suicide despite consuming 100 times safe dose?!
Is Nitrate not a good option too or...what does it do?

 

[ChristopherWalken]

It's possible the newspaper got it wrong. They're horrible about reporting scientific nuances like the difference between Nitrate and Nitrite. I remember a Houston paper absolutely butchered key details about an accidental death at a heart hospital last year and made it look like the wrong people were to blame.

 

[sleepy dog]

They said "a food preservative and colour fixative for meats". That means they were talking about SN. Nitrate is a fertilizer.

 

[MeltingHeart]

It's possible the newspaper got it wrong. They're horrible about reporting scientific nuances like the difference between Nitrate and Nitrite. I remember a Houston paper absolutely butchered key details about an accidental death at a heart hospital last year and made it look like the wrong people were to blame.

yeah it seems strange not sure Nitrate is lethal-well except in the sense virtually anything is in huge amounts

 

[blackflag1]

Sodium Nitrate would be even more unpleasant to ingest. SN is the better way to ride the bus.

 

[MeltingHeart]

They said "a food preservative and colour fixative for meats". That means they were talking about SN. Nitrate is a fertilizer.

on wiki it does say it is used as food additive too though-E251 -maybe not as commanly as SN-they prob still got it wrong thou in this case

Sodium Nitrate would be even more unpleasant to ingest. SN is the better way to ride the bus.

yeh prob right, this article just made me question it for a moment, a v brief moment