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In reply to the discussion: 'Occupy' Doctor Had Bomb-Making Chemicals In Ridgewood Basement, Authorities Charge [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)14. Have you had ammonia and bleach in your home at the same time?
Then you have had the necessary ingredients to make a quite poisonous gas and possibly explosive byproducts.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/toxicchemicals/a/Mixing-Bleach-And-Ammonia.htm
Mixing bleach and ammonia is extremely dangerous, since toxic vapors will be produced. The primary toxic chemical formed by the reaction is chloramine vapor, with a potential for hydrazine formation. Here's a look at the chemical reactions involved in mixing bleach and ammonia, as well as some first aid advice if you accidentally become exposed to a bleach and ammonia mixture.
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'Occupy' Doctor Had Bomb-Making Chemicals In Ridgewood Basement, Authorities Charge [View all]
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
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i was wondering about the lack of specificity. it seems that everything mentioned
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#2
Yeah, if he did yard work he'd have fertilizer and gasoline to grow and mow.
Tigress DEM
Nov 2012
#5
we don't know that he was planning anything at all. like many people, he had some guns &
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#7
yes im small amounts. Im sure this guy had a lot more than a little bit on chemicals on him.
underoath
Nov 2012
#17
and you are jumping to conclusions that authority is this case is wrong without
underoath
Nov 2012
#23
Why don't they investigate the "tea party"? They publicly carry their arsenal.
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#12
The FBI have been breaking into Occupy activists' apartments and creating political prisoners since
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#26