I read somewhere that pure Artemisia oil "oil of wormwood" is deadly poisonous.
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Past reports estimated thujone levels in absinthe as being high—up to 260 mg/kg of absinthe.[68] More recently, published scientific analyses of samples of various original absinthes have disproven earlier estimates, showing that very little of the thujone present in wormwood actually makes it into a properly distilled absinthe when using historical recipes and methods. Most proper absinthes, both vintage and modern, are within the current EU limits.[69][70][71][72]
Tests on mice showed an LD50 of about 45 mg thujone per kg of body weight,[73] which is much more than could be consumed in absinthe. The high percentage of alcohol in absinthe would kill a person before the thujone would become life-threatening.[73] In documented cases of acute thujone poisoning as a result of oral ingestion,[74] the source of thujone was not commercial absinthe, but rather non-controversial sources such as common essential oils, which can contain as much as 50% thujone.[75]
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My uncle has a country place, that no one knows about. He said it used to be a farm, before the motor law.
'72 911T 2,2S motor
'76 BMW 2002
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