SN and brain damage ??

[CatabolicSeed]

That's completely bullshit, there is not a single recorded case of SN ever causing brain damage.

 

[Aap]

Not true. In before "we don't know what she really gave them, despite this being a court case with forensic evidence."

'Despicable and vicious': Chinese teacher who poisoned 25 kids given death sentence

A Chinese kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children, killing one, has been sentenced to death by a central Chinese court.

www.abc.net.au

So, so sick of this nonsense. Any method that causes death can cause brain damage, hypoxia is the mechanism of death from SN, and hypoxia absolutely can cause brain damage.

SN cannot be both a deadly toxin and completely safe.

 

[killedbypsychiatry]

"Beyond killing one student, the poisoning resulted in more than a dozen minor injuries while three children suffered serious injuries."

I wish there was more info on what the serious injuries consisted of

 

[Aap]

There are various news stories relating to this event. one child was in a protracted coma from hypoxic brain injury.

The number of SN fatalities from a medical perspective is quite low with most being within the last decade. Very few people survive a dose over 10-20g with almost all of these due to medical intervention. Of this very, very small number, most don't have lingering effects.

That said, there have been many more CO deaths, and the basic mechanism of injury is the same in both (interfere with the RBC's ability to transport oxygen). There absolutely can be and are cases of lingering neurologic complications from CO poisoning, even if the majority of those who recover from CO poisoning have no ill effects.