Lethal Dose Kayla Woods and Venus de Neko

Between 1997 and 2007, a Mexican street gang known as "Las Goteras" poisoned and robbed men, killing as many as 70 with simple but deadly eye drops. Much like this isn't the first time we've featured eye drops, Las Goteras were not the only ones using this method.

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Sosa, A. (2022). Las Goteras: Seductoras y malvadas, asesinaron a los luchadores La Parkita y Espectrito. La Prensa. Retrieved 01 May 2024, from https://www.la-prensa.com.mx/archivos-secretos/las-goteras-seductoras-y-malvadas-asesinaron-a-los-luchadores-la-parkita-y-espectrito-8075628.html


Valdespin, M. (2023). La banda criminal > continúa su serie de ataques implacables. 45 Digital Noticias. Retrieved 01 May 2023, from https://45digital.mx/la-banda-criminal-las-goteras-continua-su-serie-de-ataques-implacables/


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Charged Lemonade, Coca-Cola, and caffeinated potato chips - oh my! Caffeine may be everywhere, but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous at the wrong dose (and that's probably lower than you think it is).

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Following the events in Minamata, Japan, mercury came under intense scrutiny by researchers, physicians, and parents alike. One kind of mercury is not like another, but what does that mean when there's mercury in vaccines?

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In 2001, anthrax sent in the US mail as part of two separate biochemical terrorist attacks killed five people and sickened dozens of others. The Amerithrax investigation did not officially end for another nine years and it is unclear if the killer responsible was truly identified.

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Landers, J. (2016). The Anthrax Letters That Terrorized a Nation Are Now Decontaminated and on Public View. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 Jan 2024, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/anthrax-letters-terrorized-nation-now-decontaminated-public-view-180960407/

Mitchell, J. (2023). 20 years ago, the U.S. warned of Iraq's alleged 'weapons of mass destruction'. NPR. Retrieved 20 Jan 2024, from https://www.npr.org/2023/02/03/1151160567/colin-powell-iraq-un-weapons-mass-destruction#:~:text=Hourly%20News-,20%20years%20ago%2C%20the%20U.S.%20warned%20of%20Iraq's%20alleged%20'weapons,and%20undermine%20the%20Iraq%20War.


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Spanish Fly is a potent poison with purported aphrodisiac effects, and it was used to kill two women in 1954 just because their office manager wanted to have sex with one of them.

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