Safiya Johnson
October 20, 2015
Biology 07
Deborah Blum, The Curious Case of the Poisoned Cows, June 29, 2012, Wired Magezine, http://www.wired.com/2012/06/cyanide-and-poisoned-cows/
On a farm in Texas there was a herd of eighteen cows that had been let out to graze one afternoon, after a few hours only three cows were still alive. After investigation it was discovered that Hydrogen cyanide was found in the cows and the grass and was labeled as the cause of death. Cyanide is naturally inclined to join onto other chemicals, therefore we have hydrogen cyanide(a gas) and potassium cyanide(a salt) and other cyanide based chemicals.
While cyanide is used by the military as chemical weaponry, they are not a human made invention. Humans have
October 20, 2015
Biology 07
Deborah Blum, The Curious Case of the Poisoned Cows, June 29, 2012, Wired Magezine, http://www.wired.com/2012/06/cyanide-and-poisoned-cows/
On a farm in Texas there was a herd of eighteen cows that had been let out to graze one afternoon, after a few hours only three cows were still alive. After investigation it was discovered that Hydrogen cyanide was found in the cows and the grass and was labeled as the cause of death. Cyanide is naturally inclined to join onto other chemicals, therefore we have hydrogen cyanide(a gas) and potassium cyanide(a salt) and other cyanide based chemicals.
While cyanide is used by the military as chemical weaponry, they are not a human made invention. Humans have