NinjaZ@infosec.pub to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 7 months agoThe lethal doses of 55 substancesinfosec.pubimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe caffeine thing is totally wrong. A healthy adult can safely consume up to 400mg of caffeine a day.
minus-squareDrDominate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI think the per kg is important there. 192mg/kg of body weight is the lethal dose. So for example a 100kg person would need 19,200mg of caffeine to be a lethal dose.
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLD50 is specifically a dose that kills 50% of the subjects. Lower doses can kill, just less than 50% of people.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoGood point, I hadn’t considered it was based on body weight, and rather thought it was just median population
The caffeine thing is totally wrong. A healthy adult can safely consume up to 400mg of caffeine a day.
I think the per kg is important there. 192mg/kg of body weight is the lethal dose. So for example a 100kg person would need 19,200mg of caffeine to be a lethal dose.
LD50 is specifically a dose that kills 50% of the subjects.
Lower doses can kill, just less than 50% of people.
Good point, I hadn’t considered it was based on body weight, and rather thought it was just median population