# Build up an immunity to poison?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-up-an-immunity-to-poison/142130>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-up-an-immunity-to-poison/142130 "2002-12-11T23:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-up-an-immunity-to-poison/142130/21 "2002-12-12T21:00:53Z")

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> Certainly, life itself is capable of adapting itself to all kinds of incredibly “toxic” environments. For example, I can imagine a protein that binds to cyanide in the blood stream and renders it harmless, thereby giving the organism some tolerance for exposure to cyanide.

Of course, cyanide is only deadly to things which have blood. I should certainly hope, for instance, that it’s not deadly to almonds, or apple trees.

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-up-an-immunity-to-poison/142130/22 "2002-12-13T17:28:13Z")

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So… If I get rid of blood… I can enjoy all of the cyanide I want!  
Mmmm… Cyanide…

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-up-an-immunity-to-poison/142130/23 "2003-01-06T12:01:29Z")

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With Mint Frosting!

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