It fuels buses, and arguments, too

Article Abstract:

Rapeseed provides cattle feed, edible oil, an ingredient for plastics, and can be turned into bio-diesel. In 1991 1.3 million metric tons were grown in Britain but the Gatt agreement means loss of subsidy. Bio-diesel or rape methyl ester (RME) will be taxed as a diesel substitute from Jan 1993, but it may continue to fuel buses and taxis as it does not emit sulphur dioxide. Austria sells RME at filling stations and factories to produce it are being constructed in Europe.

Statistics, Rapeseeds, Rapeseed oil, Rapeseed, Rape oil

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Lethal relic of the Third Reich

Article Abstract:

Sarin, discovered by a German chemist in 1937, is a powerful nerve gas which can kill many people with a relatively small amount. It disrupts the central nervous system if it is breathed in, and is particularly dangerous because it has no smell. It acts in the body by paralysing the enzyme cholinesterase, which is needed to remove the chemical messenger acetylcholine after it has transmitted a signal from a nerve-ending.

Health aspects, Nerve gas, Nerve agents

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Cleo watched the bitter berry work and opted for the asp

Article Abstract:

One of the main natural sources of atropine, a non-irritant toxin, is deadly nightshade, which is highly poisonous. First isolated in 1833, it is a white, odourless crystalline powder which is administered medically as atropine sulphate. In the body, it blocks acetylcholine, a molecule which carries messages across nerve junctions, and can be used as an antidote for other poisons.

Atropine

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