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To: Cindy
Missing Chlorine Tank

When I was the night operator for the county water & sewer district, I handled Cl all the time- it's nasty stuff.

One of the original WWI poison gases, it's always proved a two-edged sword when tried as a weapon- as likely to harm your guys as the enemy.

It is very deadly if the victim inhales a concentrated dose, but the problem has always been delivery of the stuff. And, being a gas, it dissapates fairly rapidly. That said, in an enclosed space, it's bad stuff.

I wouldn't be terribly worried about it, but it would be nice it they could account for it.

2,116 posted on 10/09/2005 4:36:45 PM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe

"And, being a gas, it dissapates fairly rapidly. That said, in an enclosed space, it's bad stuff."

I recall all sorts of precautions in my chem labs decades ago. How hard would it be to fill a milk jug with it and would the plastic cap need more than tape to seal it?


2,118 posted on 10/09/2005 4:44:09 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: backhoe

Thanks backhoe for that feedback.


2,132 posted on 10/09/2005 6:36:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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