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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] lye

2013-03-30 by Stefan Trethan

It's either the drug makers or the terrorists that spoil our fun.
What's the next common household chemical they will take away for our own
good, sodium chloride perhaps?

Anyway, I don't see how sodium hydroxide is more dangerous than some of the
other chemicals we work with, like hydrochloric acid.

ST


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Roland Harriston <rolohar@...>wrote:

> Rick Sparber:
>
> Lye crystals have been withdrawn from many markets because they were
> being used to make illegal drugs and you can no longer purchase lye
> crystals at your local grocery store or hardware store.
>
> I used to buy it at my local Safeway market, but it is gone from there,
> and all of the
> other supermarkets in my area (Oro Valley, Arizona)
>
> Roland F. Harriston, P.D.
>


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