Prawn/ Shrimp + Vitamin C = Deadly?
I just got this post from my friend’s mailing list about a woman died in Manado, Indonesia poisoned by eating prawn soon after taken Vitamin C tablet. The blood comes out from the nose, ears, and mouth of this poor woman.
This woman has a habit consuming Vitamin C every day, it is alright, no problem with that. Eating prawn is alright too, it’s good for your body, very high in protein.
The problem was she ate prawns after taken Vitamin C tablet at the night she died.
Prawns/ Shrimps contain Arsenic Pentoxide (As2O5), and when mixed with Vitamin C, there will be a chemical reaction in the stomach and transforming Arsenic Pentoxide (As2O5) into Arsenic Trioxide (As2O3), which is very poisonous and caused her death from multi-system organ failure.
This is honestly the first time I heard about prawns and Vitamin C poisoning, it’s better to check with your health practitioner.
updated: I myself have eaten lots of prawns and lobsters with orange juice. I am bloody fine. I believe it’s not because of the prawns but the arsenic found in the river where the prawns caught. The rivers in South East Asia countris usually poisonus, many factories throw their wastes in the rivers.
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February 16th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I’ve read about this article years ago, but I couldn’t remember which book. If you ever heard about Munir’s death (Indonesian Human Right Watch activist), and put any conspiration theory aside, could this be the cause of his death? Maybe…..
April 24th, 2009 at 12:31 am
this is a hoax!!! Stop circulating this rumor!
May 6th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Not true! You need to eat 50 Kilo of polluted shrimp to reach that high dose. At this level, either Arsenic Pentoxide or Arsenic Trioxide are toxic to body.
May 7th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
To the the health experts, please provide an official comment the reality on this poisonous chemical reaction. Thank you for your cooperation.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:13 am
NOT TRUE! Please Don’t always believe a story just because someone said so. Do a little research and verify if the source is reliable. Doing that, you will see the truth.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
This is FAKE.
See here: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/shrimp.asp
July 1st, 2009 at 1:19 am
Ascorbic acid does a lot of things inside and outside the body. It boosts the immune system, protects the cells from free radical damage and it also smooths out the texture of the skin when used topically.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Arsenic pentoxide (AsO5) is similar if not more toxic than Arsenic trioxide (AsO3). AsO5 is rated NFPA 704 blue level 4 and AsO3 is rated NFPA 704 blue level 3.
So what’s the problem the vitamin c is causing here?
March 30th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
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