What are the chemical agents thought to have been used to poison Alexei Navalny?

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ANALYSIS: What are the chemical agents thought to have been used to poison Alexei Navalny?

Medical tests on Alexei Navalny, the outspoken political critic of Vladimir Putin who was allegedly poisoned last week, have shed more light on his illness.

They include many everyday pesticides such as organophosphate and carbamate compounds, which the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority regulates in Australia. It is no exaggeration to say this group represents the most lethal chemicals humans have ever created.Cholinesterase inhibitors work by blocking an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase.

Left unregulated, the effect of cholinesterase inhibitors is a little bit like blocking one of the major "off-switches" of the body. You're left with all the lights turned "on" and the body quickly runs into trouble.A rapid build-up of ACh at the nerve junctions leads to the effects we tend to see in nerve agent toxicity, including mucus secretions from the respiratory and digestive tracts, breathing problems, and muscle dysfunction.

 

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Yes tell everybody so we can concoct our own little cocktail for guests

Seems entirely appropriate that SBS are currently screening ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’...🤔

Analysis? You just lost a bunch of your best analytical reporters. Opinion piece more like, from some middle of the road Ita safe murdoch loving ring in

Can we put them in Dans coffee plz

The Australian Prime Minister's Sri Lankan curry?

Russia, Putin Is to blame!

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