Cyanide naturally occurs in nature, which sounds alarming, doesn’t it? You do not want to eat cyanide. It is infamous because it shuts your body down quickly by stopping your cells from using oxygen. Your cells can still take in oxygen, but cyanide binds to the iron in your blood and blocks the process of turning oxygen into energy. Without energy, your body fails fast. In plants, cyanide is not floating around as pure poison. It is stored in compounds called glycosides. When the plant tissue is

WATCH: The Western Naval Command apprehended a Chinese fishing boat caught using suspected cyanide-based chemicals while fishing in Ayungin Shoal on October 24. The vessel was later forcibly towed out of the area after authorities confiscated evidence and documented the incident. | via Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News | ABS-CBN News