When health authorities ask consumers to dispose of botulism-tainted food (such as carrot juice), doesn't that introduce the botulism into the water supply if it's dumped down the drain?
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The dose makes the poison. By being diluted in the water supply (and most botulism toxin would probably never arrive there; it would be broken down one way or another long before) the tiny amount that might come back to a person wouldn't harm him. There is a phenomenon whose name I can't recall, it ends in -esis I think, showing that exposure to a small amount of toxins and radiation stimulate the immune system--in Taiwan or Japan they found buildings that were actually somewhat radioactive but the people who lived in them were healthier than the general population.
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Nope. First, there is no direction between your waste water and your potable water supply (in all but the most remote of chances). Finally, the botulism toxin will be diluted to the point to which it is harmless and will degrade during the process of waste water management.
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