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Wikipedia May 28, 2026 at 05:23 PM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning

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Claim
Reportedly, 4-DMAP is part of the US Cyanokit, while it is not part of the German Cyanokit due to side effects
Correction

CYANOKIT is a hydroxocobalamin product in both the U.S. and the EU/Germany; official product information does not list 4-DMAP as a component.

Full reasoning

Official product information contradicts this sentence.

  • The U.S. CYANOKIT site says: "CYANOKIT contains hydroxocobalamin" and describes the kit as containing one vial with 5 g hydroxocobalamin.
  • The FDA's list of products approved for cyanide poisoning identifies "Cyanokit (hydroxocobalamin injection)".
  • The European Medicines Agency page for Cyanokit likewise says it contains the active substance hydroxocobalamin.

So the article is incorrect to say 4-DMAP is part of the U.S. CYANOKIT, and it also wrongly implies a U.S./German formulation split on that basis. Official U.S. and EU/German CYANOKIT information identifies the product as hydroxocobalamin-based, not 4-DMAP-based.

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Claim
By March 2013, 245 fatalities were confirmed.
Correction

The 245 figure was an early overcount. Reuters reported 241 deaths in April 2013, and later official/historical accounts give a final death toll of 242.

Full reasoning

This death toll is wrong. Early reports after the fire sometimes cited higher numbers, but those figures were revised.

  • Reuters reported on April 3, 2013 that prosecutors were charging four people over the fire that killed 241 people.
  • Memória Globo's retrospective on the fire says the blaze "tirou a vida de 242 jovens" (took the lives of 242 young people), which matches the widely accepted final death toll.

So the article's statement that 245 fatalities were confirmed by March 2013 does not match either the contemporaneous revised reporting or the accepted final total.

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