Joseph Scott Morgan

You begin to think about imaging, imaging devices, these sorts of things.

It's been used in that way.

It's used in, let's see, I think it might be, is it used in semiconductors?

I'm not really sure.

I know that it's used.

um in manufacturing of uh of certain electronic devices i believe uh it's not used like other other agents as a solvent though like as a cleaner you'll find it so it's very very specific here's another factoid with it um

It's got what they call a very narrow therapeutic spectrum, which means as an element, does it have any utility in treatment as a medicine?

And one of the few things that it had been used with in the past was treatment of ringworm.

And they were like, I think we'll find another way to treat ringworm other than applying thallium.

Because I can only imagine they probably had cases.

And they've known about the toxicity for some time.

It has to be very controlled.

But this stuff is odorless.

It's tasteless.

When prepared, it's clear.

So I think that part of this kind of name that's been hung on it as the poisoner's poison, it goes to that.

It's very, very stealthy.

There's no way that you're going to be able to pick up on it.

But, buddy, let me tell you something.

The symptomology with this, when it is applied to an individual, it is a brutal, brutal death, Dave.