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Can You Deliver An Undetectable Poison In Reality?

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David H | 19:03 Thu 04th Jun 2015 | Technology
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In Neighbours someone once sent Paul a letter infused with an invisible poison almost lethal on touch. Is this really possible or just a TV creation?
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You certainly can. Apart from a range of toxic chemicals that come to mind. there are also radioactive isotopes with specific half-lives that would meet the requirements. Then there are various bacterial and viral agents that would meet the requirements. As far as posting, writing and handling a toxic agent is concerned, why involve the Royal Mail etc.? If...
22:40 Thu 04th Jun 2015
Anthrax?
In reality how would the sender be able to post / write / handle the letter with out killing him/her self or killing the postal staff? Any such poison would be so dangerous it would be useless.
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Anthrax would work but not quickly, and is a bioagent, I am really just thinking of chemicals acting on the nervous or other vital systems through immediate contact. Looks like a few from the link but would they be detectable?
remind me not to open any post from you lol
If you could successfully deliver an undetectable poison, surely we would never know....
You certainly can. Apart from a range of toxic chemicals that come to mind. there are also radioactive isotopes with specific half-lives that would meet the requirements. Then there are various bacterial and viral agents that would meet the requirements.

As far as posting, writing and handling a toxic agent is concerned, why involve the Royal Mail etc.? If an innocent looking letter dropped on my doormat anytime in a given morning, I'd think it had been delivered by Royal Mail instinctively. Wouldn't we all? I do still sometimes receive mail after the first lot has dropped on the doormat. Posting is therefore not a problem. As far as handling/writing goes, if the malevolent individual is that determined to do his/her worse and has gone to that extent to obtain the necessary stuff, these handling and writing would be hardly rocket science for him or her would it?
David H, there are many instantaneously acting nerve toxins. I can think of a few dozen offhand. Rest assured, almost all of the are undetectable by conventional forensic analysis methods.
Cripes, I hope Gordie doesn't read this.
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//If you could successfully deliver an undetectable poison, surely we would never know....//
Quite! it's like, how do you know when you've run out of invisible ink? :0)

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