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Kidney bean poisoning

September 30, 2014 · by Janelle · in Science

You hear about poisonous mushrooms and berries and all that jazz, but kidney beans? Yes, as it turns out. Raw kidney beans contain very high levels of phytohaemagglutinin, a protein that wreaks havoc on cell walls and cell metabolism. But…

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