On Sunday 25 November 2007, Russell Shaw wrote:
> Dylan Smith wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Roland F. Harriston wrote:
> >> I personally think that Ferric Chloride is one of the worst compounds to
> >> have around in a domestic environment, or in any environment that is
> >> not specifically designed to accommodate this material.
> >
> > In my opinion, they are all pretty nasty, and ferric chloride is the
> > least nasty of a nasty lot... after all, hydrochloric acid is one of the
> > harmful products of mustard gas (a WWI chemical weapon). The EPA classes
> > HCl as a toxin, and at concentrations above 25% it's highly corrosive.
>
> Your gut contains a large amount of HCl.
>
> Beware the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. It can be deadly;)
>
Yup. Very dangerous ;-)
http://www.dhmo.org/