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When you eat an apple seed why are they poisonous?
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Apple seeds: They contain cyanide. A fatal dose is seen when you eat perhaps 40-50 seeds all at once. With that being said cyanide even in the smallest amounts can be very toxic. Better not to eat the seeds.
Answered 11/7/2020
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