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Your take on this? When I was about 11 or 12 a neighboring family were all killed, I think there was a total of about 5 counting both parents, by botulism from some canned beans. We continued to can and still do. Just have to be careful.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Billthedrill is right on on this one:

The toxin is probably most useful in a terrorist scare threat to a water supply, and then more so for the panic than actual mortality. On the battlefield it's virtually useless - it breaks down too rapidly to be an area denial weapon, and as mentioned above, doesn't have a handy vector to function as an antipersonnel weapon. As far as toxicity per volume it's the champ, but that's about it.

Not useful on the battlefield. A McScare McStory from the McNewspaper....

[harpseal]

We have canned a whole lot and Botulism is why we are very careful to meticulously follow the instructions. In fact botulinus is probably one of the easiest bio-toxins to aquire, just improperly can enough non-acidic foods and eventually one will have a source of the toxin. Once one has a supply of toxin spreading it is relatively easy.