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Hydrogen Cyanide

Hydrogen cyanide is the lethal agent in Zyklon B

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Jan 27, 2026
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How did Zyklon B chemically kill people and what are its active components?

was a commercial pesticide whose lethal agent was (HCN); in pellet form it released HCN gas when exposed to air, killing by blocking cellular respiration at the mitochondrial level and rapidly deprivi...

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How to create sodium or potassium cyanide at home

The request to learn how to create at home raises immediate safety, legal, and ethical red flags; assistance in producing these substances cannot be provided because they are acutely toxic, can releas...