Swallowing E-Liquid

[deewal]

What would be the effect on a a person of swallowing 20ml of 18mg Liquid ?

[Di]

dead !!!!!!!!!!

[Frankie]

You would ingest 360 mg of nicotine. Lethal dose for adults is 40-60 mg. Swallowing all of 20 ml of the liquid is simply overkill.

[deewal]

Only 3% of a 20ml bottle of Wicked E-Liquiod is Nicotine.
65% is pg
20% is glycerol
10% is water.

[Frankie]

deewal: 1 mililitre of 18mg Liquid contains 18mg nicotine.
20 mililitres of 18mg Liquid contain 20times 18 mg nicotine.
If you swallow 20 ml of 18 mg e-liguid, you get 360 mg of nicotine in your system together with some pg, glycerol and water.

What did you really want to say with the previous post? That Wicked E-Liquid 18mg has less than 18 mg per one ml?

[katink]

Maybe you are thinking that the nicotine stays seperate in the e-liquid, Deewal? In that case I would see what you are wanting to say.
But the nicotine is diluted into the water, PG, and/or flavors that are stated as being present in the bottle. Might this be what is causing some confusion?

[deewal]

So there is enough nicotine in a bottle to kill 5 to 6 adults ?
How long would it take one adult to die ?
Seconds ? minutes ?

[malyden]

Now why on earth would you ask something like that!

[Frankie]

So there is enough nicotine in a bottle to kill 5 to 6 adults ?

In theory, yes. Depends on how much is absorbed in the digestive tract which is not ideal for absorption of nicotine. Practically I would use at least 2 vials for a mass kill

How long would it take one adult to die ?
Seconds ? minutes ?

Somewhere I read about 5 or so minutes.

US government was planning to assassinate Fidel Castro using nicotine. Who are you planning to get rid of? Remember, the government had pure nicotine and trained killers at hand - and failed

[Grumpysanta]

A disturbing question but very valid all the same. We keep the liquid in 20ml and 30ml bottles so the question is really ' how toxic is that quantity of liquid and what permanent damage could it do to someone if accidently consumed?'. No-one has answered that question fully bearing in mind the quantities that we generally keep at home.