New Zealand! Come for the weather, stay for the arsenic!

Posted On: 27th April 2017
By: Poison Boy
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In all honesty, I can’t blame the Kiwis for letting tourists walk around through Superfund sites. It’s the size of Montana with less than 4 million people in it. There are all sorts of snakes and bugs and spiders and critters and goulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties running around there. Heck, arsenic is the least lethal thing in New Zealand. Can’t have a picnic without running the risk of setting your hot dog down on a yellow-bellied sea snake or a fresh puddle of arsenic.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11846383

arsenic New Zealand

Written by Poison Boy

Gerry O'Malley (a.k.a Poison Boy) is a board certified ER doctor and toxicologist with a interest in the unusual, terrifying and occasionally hilarious world of poisonings and toxicology. This site is an exploration of poisons of historical interest as well as in current events and pop culture.

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