<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Jake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">when Albert Hoffman accidentally dosed himself with LSD, he requested milk as<br>
an antidote to whatever had poisoned him, since it was generally considered a<br>
cure-all for poisonings.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah, milk is not a bad rule of thumb for ingested toxins. It's well buffered, so it will neutralize both acids and bases. And its fat content will help emulsify fatty toxins as well.</div><div><br></div><div>However, I highly doubt milk would have any effect what soever on *inhaled* toxins, such as lethal zinc fumes. The supposed power of milk in that case is likely just an entirely incorrect extrapolation.</div><div><br></div><div>Patrik</div></div></div></div>