I pitty the mice that were used to find this information...
LOL those poor mice!
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So 50mg/kg is worse than 5000mg/kg?
50mg/kg is highlighted as toxic,5000mg isn't.
I assume they are using pure stuff.
Mouses stomache couldn't probably hold enough supers to be toxic,IF it even wanted too eat that much.
Chart doesn't make sense to me...seems reversed...did I miss something?
It's on the net so it's gotta be true.
Ya,I'd hate to be the mice or anything else they used to test on,OR the snake they fed the mice to. LOL
50mg/kg is highlighted as toxic,5000mg isn't.
I assume they are using pure stuff.
Mouses stomache couldn't probably hold enough supers to be toxic,IF it even wanted too eat that much.
Chart doesn't make sense to me...seems reversed...did I miss something?
It's on the net so it's gotta be true.
Ya,I'd hate to be the mice or anything else they used to test on,OR the snake they fed the mice to. LOL
Hmm.... my definition of "toxic" isn't technical, but I don't classify capsaicin as "toxic" at all. My definition has to do with the physiological reaction of the average living thing (being human, animal, plant....) If I limit it to people, most don't have what I consider a "true" pain reaction to capsaicin - sure, it feels like it's burning, but it doesn't actually burn (unlike getting, say, battery acid on your skin.) I guess I'd have to describe it as similar to (but not same as) the "phantom pain" felt by amputees - the sensation is there, but it's pretty much purely a sensation. This is in the absence of other factors, such as allergies, which is why I say average.