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Man nor beast (cows, oxen, horses, etc.) can digest metals. It can lead to blockage in the intestines, or to metal poisoning. Metals as they corrode can literally eat through the lining of the digestive tract, where ever the metal lodges in the body. A hole in the intestines leads to peritonitis-- an infection in the abdominal cavity---which can then lead to death.

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