she said. "I will drink whatever you make for me, even if it is a poison."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

We're not dealing with nasty pollutants here that make people sick and poison land and waters.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Bostock and the rest of the board call the offer insufficient and adopt a poison pill-type HR plan to make it virtually impossible for Microsoft to go through with the deal in a hostile manner.

FORBES: So Long Roy Bostock. Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out.

Her chosen poison was oestrogen, one of the hormones that make women women and help to control the menstrual cycle.

ECONOMIST: Human contraceptives are bad for fish