The effects of the ingestion of large quantities may be so rapid that death may take place in a couple of hours, owing to collapse, consequent on perforation of the walls of the oesophagus or stomach, or from asphyxia due to swelling of the glottis consequent on some of the acid having entered the larynx.
Why is Haiti so Poor? The causes of Haiti's poverty can be traced back to the year 1492, when it was first colonized. After being given to the French in 1697, Haiti was simply a moneymaking enterprise. As many as 29,000 slaves were imported each year from Africa to work on sugarcane plantations.
And the headline question is in fact misleading; Africans as a people may be poor, but Africa as a place is fantastically rich-in minerals, land, labour and sunshine.That is why outsiders have been coming here for hundreds of years-to invade, occupy, convert, plunder and trade.orruption. On my journey across the poorest, sub-Saharan swathe of the continent-that took in Liberia and Nigeria in the west, Sudan in the centre, and Kenya in the east-people explored the impact that both non-Africans and Africans had had on why Africa is poor.