What's the most evil substance?

Question

My pick is tobacco.

Answer 1

Dioxin. It is a byproduct of DDT production. It is in the waters of the Great Lakes system. A thimblefull of it will kill the entire population of Toronto (about 4 million people).

From Wikipedia:

Dioxins build up in living tissue (bioaccumulate) over time, so even small exposures may accumulate to dangerous levels.

Excessive exposure to dioxin may cause a severe form of persistent acne, known as chloracne. This is the only known direct result of dioxin exposure at levels below the lethal dose. Other possible effects may be

Developmental abnormalities in the enamel of children's teeth.[2]
Damage to the Immune systems.[3]
Endometriosis
Birth defects
COPD
Diabetes
And at least in laboratory animals, increased rates of liver and lung cancer are observed
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Studies of dioxins effects in Vietnam
US veterans' groups and Vietnamese groups, including the Vietnamese government, have convened scientific studies to explore their belief that dioxins were responsible for a host of disorders, including tens of thousands of birth defects in children, amongst Vietnam veterans as well as an estimated one million Vietnamese, through their exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, which was found to be highly contaminated with TCDD. The most recent study, paid for by the National Academy of Sciences, was released in an April 2003 report.

The Center for Disease Control found that dioxin levels in Vietnam veterans [4] were in no way atypical when compared against the rest of the population. The only exception existed for those who directly handled Agent Orange. These were members of Operation Ranch Hand. Long term studies of the members of Ranch Hand have thus far uncovered a possibility of elevated risks of diabetes.

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Dioxin exposure incidents
In 1963 a dioxin cloud escapes after an explosion in a Philips-Duphar plant (now Solvay Group) near Amsterdam. Four people died of dioxin poisoning, and 50 more suffered severe health problems. In the 1960s Philips-Duphar produced 2250 tonnes of 'Agent Orange' for the US Army.
In 1976 large amounts of dioxin were released in an industrial accident at Seveso, although no human fatalities or birth defects occurred.
In 1978, dioxin was one of the contaminants that forced the evacuation of the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York. Dioxin also caused the 1983 evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri.
In the 1960s, parts of the Spolana chemical plant in Neratovice, Czechoslovakia, were heavily contaminated by dioxins, when the herbicide 2,4,5-T (also a component of Agent Orange) was produced there. Workers in this factory were exposed to high concentrations of dioxins at that time. Dozens of them fell seriously ill. A possibly large amount of dioxins was flushed from the factory into the Labe river during the 2002 European flood. No direct consequences of this incident have thus far been recorded.
In May 1999, there was a dioxin crisis in Belgium: quantities of dioxin had entered the food chain through contaminated animal feed. 7,000,000 chickens and 60,000 pigs had to be slaughtered. The scandal that followed caused a landslide in the elections one month later.
In a 2001 case study [5], physicians reported clinical changes in a 30 year old woman who had been exposed to a massive dosage (144,000 pg/g blood fat) of dioxin equal to 16,000 times the normal body level; the highest dose of dioxin ever recorded in a human. She suffered from chloracne, nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, loss of appetite, leukocytosis, anemia, amenorrhoea and thrombocytopenia. However, other notable laboratory tests, such as immune function tests, were relatively normal. The same study also covered a second subject who had received a dosage equivalent to 2,900 times the normal level, who apparently suffered no notable negative effects other than chloracne. These patients were provided with olestra to accelerate dioxin elimination.
In 2004, a notable individual case of dioxin poisoning, Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko was exposed to the second-largest measured dose of dioxins, according to the reports of the physicians responsible for diagnosing him. This is the first known case of a single high dose of TCDD dioxin poisoning. Although experts suggest his face could clear up after several years, it is highly unlikely. One news report explained, that during the Cold War, the KGB used dioxin to induce suicides. Dioxin was described as a mind-altering substance, that caused depression and would definitely cause the person to commit suicide, sooner or later.

Answer 2

Because the christians are the ones addicted to the evil substances, and it would be nice if they could help in their own cure.

Answer 3

mmm. Lot of them out there. I'll pick alcohol. I dated an alcoholic for 2 yrs. and have seen first hand how evil it is. I agree with the others who said drugs too.

Answer 4

George W. Bush

Answer 5

I agree with Meth. It is insidious and evil. Highly addictive and takes away all sense of morals and never allows the user to feel as though they've had enough.

Answer 6

Pharmacueticals

Answer 7

Zionist Jews.

Answer 8

illegal drugs, they do not have good effect on the user even if they say that you can forget your problems by using that but actually it's only temporary you will remember it again.

human itself, because they are the one making bad things or evil, but it depends to the person.

Answer 9

Islamic terrorists

Answer 10

Hate.

Answer 11

ALCOHOL ! I call it the devils blood, sick-liquid courage, and Satan's un-refreshing beverages from hell!