Posted on 10/21/2004 11:45:00 PM PDT by Jeff Head
This compound is extremely hazardous because of its lack of warning properties and delayed biological effects. It may cause burns of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. Eye damage may be permanent. Effects may be delayed occurring hours after exposure. Skin permeation may occur in toxic amounts. Both the fumes and the liquid may produce severe irritation. Inhalation may cause irritation of the nose, throat and lungs. Death may occur from overexposure. Prolonged exposures may cause liver and kidney effects. DuPont controls this compound as a potential carcinogen.Also note the barrel indicating it is some sort of chlorine. Chlorine Gas was also a chemical weapon used in World War I. Crates, barrels and boxes of other stuff as well. I believe the Kurds and the Iranians were familiar with some of this stuff.
Dimethyl sulfate vapor and liquid is extremely hazardous because of its deficient warning properties (NO ODOR THRESHOLD, LOOKS LIKE WATER, AND HAS ANALGESIC EFFECTS) and delayed biological effects. DMS hydrolyzes to methyl hydrogen sulfate and eventually sulfuric acid and methanol. Skin or eye contact with low concentrations of Dimethyl Sulfate may cause analgesia (numbness). Therefore, the corrosive action of Dimethyl Sulfate may not be readily detected.
Skin contact with Dimethyl Sulfate may cause skin burns or ulceration. Inital effects include itching, reddening of the skin followed hours later by severe blistering. Evidence suggests that skin permeation can occur in amounts capable of producing the effects of systemic toxicity. Eye contact with Dimethyl Sulfate may cause eye corrosion with corneal or conjunctival ulceration. Permanent eye damage may occur. Both the vapors and the liquid can cause severe irritation; upon slight vapor exposure the whites of the eyes turn red (bloodshot).
Ingestion of Dimethyl Sulfate may cause severe irritation of the mucous membranes of the mouth, throat and gastrointestinal tract.
Inhalation of Dimethyl Sulfate may cause irritation of the upper respiratory passages, angioneurotic edema of larynx with hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing; temporary lung irritation effects with productive cough, discomfort, difficulty breathing, chest pain, shortness of breath or cyanosis; or possibly modest initial symptoms, followed in hours by severe shortness of breath, requiring prompt medical attention. In severe poisonings, central nervous system effects may occur which include unconsciousness, cramps or convulsions, and paralysis. Fatality may result from gross overexposure.
Anyone who thinks the US government is leaving barrels around with obvious WMD and who posts that sentiment here is no friend of FR and no friend of GWB.
I got the impression from articles that I have read that chemicals have been found in Iraq, but they were separated in such a way (separate barrels) and could not be called official WMD, but if you mixed them in 5 minutes they would be.
What does your anonymous Freeper know of that?
By what logic does one conclude that the contents of a beat-up old barrel or box has any relationship whatsoever to the content of said barrel?
Maybe I just don't belong here after all.
In the UK, GEWS means "General Establishment for Water and Sewerage" which uses chlorine to purify water.
As for evidence of WMD's, the 700 tons of yellowcake fit my definition, and that material has already been brought back to the U.S., including news stories on it. Ditto for the mass graves that were found in Iraq in 2004 but were causa belli for our war against Serbia in 1999.
The pics are genuine, from Iraq, this year. They are labeled as they were found.
You can believe it or not. That's up to you. I have posted them as a friend who has been stationed over there requested.
So that is chlorine and this dimethyl sulfate stored together? Maybe they were just too lazy to take out the trash or get the local fire department to come by and pick up all their unwanted hazardous chemicals?
Like you, I believe there was and is ample evidence of WMDs in Iraq. I also believe that we were justified in going in there with or without it. Saddam flaunted the agreements he signed to establish the cease fire from Desert Storm. It was time to make those agreements mean something...long since past time IMHO.
As to the US government "leaving them around", note the individual walking behind the boxes in the 1st pic of the second row. Note the uniform. These things clearly were not just left around. Another bad assumption.
But, as I said, you can believe what you want.
These look about as fake as those "Baby Milk Factory" jackets.
Spot on.
They may look fake to you...but they are not. Real pics from Iraq, this year.
That was exactly what I thought. That explanation, with all due respect to the freeper made no sense to me.
Jeff, this is mind blowing in one sense, and not surprising in another. The media certainly doesn't want us to see or hear about these things. Please thank the freeper in Iraq, and tell him/her our thoughts and prayers are with him/her.
Ping
I know this, the person who took the pic could only spend so much time in that room. Read the MSDS on Dimethyl Sulfate again.
...and last, look, no one is saying you have to buy this. It is your right and privelege to disagree, to debate, etc. Some of us want to examine stuff like this, research it, see if some people with experience have something to say...then decide for ourselves.
That's all.
That freeper lurks on these threads and will read it direct from you.
Here's a link about a movie that came out this month as is going to be shown in theatres across the land about WMD's found in Iraq. Here's the link:
http://www.wmddvd.com/
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