Poison

This page is about the Nanotechnology concept of poisoning. For things that are poisonous to humans, maybe you could try Category:Poisons'

A poison is a chemical which disables or degrades a Nanocel Assemblage. In many cases, this strips an assemblage's code, reducing it to Serum or another simpler assemblage.

Most assemblages have a couple of well-known poisons listed in The Handbook, although there seems to be little in common between different assemblages.

In one notable case, a poison element was used as a murder weapon - selenium salts in sufficient quantity can degrade Cream Blood, releasing most of the carbon content as soot. On a world (such as Shipyard) where Cream Blood is commonly transfused, dosing someone with selenium can cause a trivial accident to become fatal.