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From: Julius Sridhar <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Mon Feb 11 17:06:58 2002

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> > Sulfuric acid is much more dangerous than sulfurous acid. Remember,
> > Johnny was a chemistry student, now Johnny is no more. For what he
> > thought was H2O, was H2SO4.
>
> Actually, none of the common mineral acids (hydrochloric, sulphuric,
> nitric) are particularly toxic if dilute. There are plenty of chemicals I
> would not drink in solution (no matter how dilute), but those 3 acids are
> not amongst them. They wouldn't do me much good, but they'd not kill me
> either.
>
> The main hazard from such acids is, of course, that they tend to
> 'corrode' you if concnetrated...

That's the hazard to which I refer. When concentrated, you're usually
dead before the toxicity can cause too many problems.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 17:06:58 GMT