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What is the king of all poisons?: Historical and Modern Perspectives

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While historically arsenic was famously nicknamed the "king of poisons" for its insidious use in assassinations, modern toxicology reveals a different answer for **what is the king of all poisons?** The title for the most potent known substance by weight now belongs to a bacterial neurotoxin called botulinum.