Man drinks sodium cyanide

Michael Allan McCrae | October 25, 2016 | 2:35 am Base Metals Education Precious Metals Copper Gold 

YouTuber CodyDon mixes a well-diluted dose of sodium cyanide, drinks it and suffers minor effects.

The video is a good primer on sodium cyanide, an important mining agent.

“In case you are wondering the sodium cyanide tastes a bit like baking soda but smells like roasted almonds or crushed apple seeds; So now you dont have to try it yourself,” writes CodyDon in the video description.

Video is for educational purposes only. Do NOT try this yourself.

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3 Comments

  • Mark Harder

    And no, it’s not a homeopathic remedy for cyanide poisoning… But it makes for a relatively painless method for committing suicide. Or so I’m told…

  • Mark Harder

    But if you are going to try this (take note, denizens of Animal House), DO NOT add the lemon juice or any other acid BEFORE the ferrous sulfate! …unless your next trick is taking a deep breath of hydrogen cyanide, which is yet more lethal. That’s because, unlike swallowing, inhaling the gas form does not give the liver an opportunity to detox your blood supply first.

  • Witte Boer

    I will stick with wine or beer thank you…

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