[toupsie]

Anyone know if a gas mask is useful against cyanide gas? I'm not too far from Yonkers.

[cmsgop]

News Link!

[DallasMike]

It depends upon the type of mask. In my first job out of college, I had daily contact with open tanks containing thousands of gallons of solution with a pound or more of cyanide per gallon. It's perfectly safe unless ingested or placed in contact with acids. It has a distinctive almond odor. Most any clinic and certainly all hospitals have sodium thiosulfate on hand for treating cyanide victims.

If you're more than a block away from the site, you're safe unless there was an extraordinary release of cyanide.

[SBeck]

If it's in a gas state, a gas mask will protect you from inhaling it. Unfortunately, it can also penetrate through your pores (although to a lesser extent than the liquid state) leaving you vulnerable (especially if you are sweaty).

[Bogey78O]

Perhaps a mask rated for chemical and organic agents may be effective.

[Dixielander]

See link on post #149.