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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2012 Jul 4;50(9):3280–3290. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.06.051

Table 1:

Toxicity ranking as measured by rat oral LD50s (ScienceLab, 2010)

Test Compound Rat Oral LD50 (mg/kg)
Mercuric Chloride 1
Sodium Arsenite 41
Cadmium Chloride 88
Copper Chloride 584
Potassium Chloride 2,600