Subject closed - I am content that I know that what I am doing is done with maximum safety in mind and scaremongering is not acceptable.
cyanide
There are lot out there who have used it and are still around. Me for one, on wasps nests.
Also have worked, a long time ago, with serious amounts of cyanide in the lab - with both flasks of antidote in front of me ready to mix and drink immediately in the event of a serious mishap. Thankfully never needed the antidote but it was always a sobering reminder as those flasks stood there all the time you were working with the cyanide....
It was the only thing you would be allowed by mouth as the components were seriously radioactive as well, which slightly complicated matters!
So oxalic acid fume is a pussy cat compared to some of the chemicals I have handled; just need to take the precautions very seriously and be sure not to breathe any fume - as I said earlier, the common sense part is the most important part, wear the gear.
Regards, RAB
Paracetamol, bleach, weedkiller, medications, to name just a few, if not used properly.
Even the oven used to be particularly lethal in the days of town gas.
Do you have a natural gas supply? Could be lethal! Even the electricity mains supply!
They are all made as safe as possible, but their will always be accidents, idiots and some of unsettled mind to misuse or abuse the otherwise 'safe' commodities.
Get real and live sensibly, is what I say.
RAB
Have a read of this then...
Evaporation of Oxalic acid - a safe method for the user?
Have a read of this then...
Evaporation of Oxalic acid - a safe method for the user?
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