A very good day in American History.
NOT good that it took so damn long.
But very good that it has finally happened.
A very good day in American History.
NOT good that it took so damn long.
But very good that it has finally happened.
What about the non-obsolete ones?
I’ll never believe anyone gets rid of all of it.
Any chemical plant can whip up a new batch in a couple of days. Here in Houston they have instances where plant workers are injured, or killed by Sarin and Phosgen exposure from leaks at plants, or when cleaning reaction chambers at the plants.
Sarin?
Cyanide gas is a byproduct of carbon fiber. I’d imagine sarin is a byproduct of some common good. Burning the old R-12 refrigerant creates mustard gas (Phosgene).
Yeah, I was a little dumbfounded the first time I heard a report on the news about 2 workers being killed cleaning out one of the reaction chambers here from exposure to sarin residue in the chamber. Apparently, it is a stage in the chemical reaction chain when producing another industrial chemical.
Sarin is not a by-product.
Yes, workers are injured and killed by chemical exposures, but not by Sarin or Phosgene.
The last big one was methyl mercaptan.
Yes, it would be possible for plants to retool. I’m pretty sure it would take more than a few days.
If I had to do it, I would probably look at the pesticide producers.
My guess would be the reporter got it wrong.
Apparently, it is a potential by-product, or stage, in the production of certain pesticides. After all, it was originally developed as a possible pesticide until they found it also worked on mammals.