Lethal Synergism: When Combined Threats Escalate Mortality

When two or more factors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals or nutritional deficiencies combine to produce a more severe or fatal outcome than any of the individual elements on their own.

Lethal Synergism: When Combined Threats Escalate Mortality

The concept of ‘lethal synergism’ refers to the phenomenon in which two or more factors—such as infections, environmental stressors, chemicals, pharmaceuticals or nutritional deficiencies—combine to produce a more severe or fatal outcome than any of the individual elements would cause on their ow…