Community Service: Candy Toxicity Formula

[gunug]

There is a video, talked about at Lifehacker, on Youtube that discusses just how much candy would kill you this Halloween; cheery though!  

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It’s Halloween and that means binging on candy. Over on the Reactions YouTube channel, they worked out a formula that gives you an estimate for how much candy it’d take to kill you.

The video uses a lethal dose formula called LD50, which in this case equals the toxicity for things consumed all at once. This doesn’t necessary guarantee death, it’s just an approximation that would likely kill about half the population. Of course, they also can’t kill humans to verify this, so it’s a rough estimate based on studies in rats. Either way, to figure out about how much Halloween candy you’d need to eat to kill you, just substitute your weight in for W in the equation:

    (W*13.5)/9.3 = PIECES OF FUN SIZED CANDY

    (W*13.5)/1.5 = PIECES OF CANDY CORN

It’s likely an insanely large number that most of us will never actually get close to eating in a single sitting, which is why it’s probably safe to let your kids eat all the candy they want.

http://lifehacker.com/use-this-formula-to-...y-it-1788406528

Youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNOycTzN-fg

[Xairbusdriver]

Thanks for this important info! I feel a bit better, for the time being anyway, knowing that I won't kill myself by having to eat all the candy that was not required tonight!

[jchuzi]

Among the many ways to die, death by chocolate has to be one of the better ones. Besides, let us remember that chocolate is the answer. Who cares what the question is?

[gunug]

Jchuzi- my wife would say exactly what you said!

[jcarter]

There is an actual flavor at a homemade ice-cream place in Maine, called Death By Chocolate, and they also have Lobster ice cream. Never tried that one however.

Here in MA, we will either vote for or against legalizing Pot.
What people are more worried about is pets and children getting into the Pot 'candy' and eating a lot of it. And how do you regulate how much 'stuff' that you bake into the Pot brownies or cookies?

We had a Golden Retriever long ago who was present at a party where the guys were all smoking pot, and when he got home(walked along the beach), he was a bit instead on his feet, thirsty as heck, wolfed his dinner down, and slept for about 8 hours solid.

[Xairbusdriver]

Yes, pot is perfectly safe for all purposes. It never has any consequences, and even if it did, people who use it are all responsible for their actions (and any damage they might cause to themselves and others). The 'major' city we're near had it's City Council vote to lower the fees for being caught with too much of the 'miracle drug' because the previous rules were unfairly causing criminal records to certain groups of people. All idiot politicians are not in D.C.

"The webs we weave..."

[Frances144]

Since my "little episode", I haven't touched "candy" as you call it over the pond.

Most odd.  Makes me feel very icky-picky.

Death by chocolate is in my dreams.  I did love it.  *** sigh ***