Staying Well in a Toxic World

L. Lawson. Staying Well in a Toxic World. Understanding Environmental Illness, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Chemical Injuries and Sick Building Syndrome. Chicago The Noble Press, 1993. 

Because cyanide is actually quite common in the plant world. Cyanide discourages certain animals like slugs, weevils, and grasshoppers, and plants use cyanide compounds as weapons in their ongoing biochemical warfare to stay alive. The toxic plant species are well-known, but a surprising number of other species can contain low levels of cyanide, including forages like white clover and connnon vetch and even some human foods like cassava and Uma beans. 

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