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UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE MAKES 20 POSTAL WORKERS SICK IN ALABAMA
FOX ^ | 25 April 2006 | FOX

Posted on 04/25/2006 9:00:56 AM PDT by Btrp113Cav

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To: mutley
Fox: "Substance not harmful"

Kimchee!!!??

21 posted on 04/25/2006 9:11:14 AM PDT by Capn TrVth
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To: mutley

The solid form of phosphine can become a gas when it mixes with high humidity, like you'd find in Alabama.


22 posted on 04/25/2006 9:11:36 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: Btrp113Cav

Possibly Arsine gas?


23 posted on 04/25/2006 9:11:45 AM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: Btrp113Cav

Nothing on the FOX link that I can find. Could you post the story or more exact link?

Thanks
F_T_D


24 posted on 04/25/2006 9:12:33 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Panzerlied

I mentioned that in post 7, fox just said it: "wasn't a harmful substance."


25 posted on 04/25/2006 9:12:54 AM PDT by Capn TrVth
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To: Btrp113Cav

One indicator of whether it is serious is to see if the men are as affected as much as the women.


26 posted on 04/25/2006 9:13:39 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: eyespysomething

Thanks:) It needed it's own thread.

Just heard this on FOX- tell me what sounds contradictory here:
1) There is nothing harmful in the "unknown substance".

2) The "unknown substance " is corrosive enough to peel tiles off the floor in the post office.


27 posted on 04/25/2006 9:13:41 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Capn TrVth
fox just said it: "wasn't a harmful substance."

Bring those people back from the hospital then. They must be okay.

28 posted on 04/25/2006 9:13:43 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: Btrp113Cav

Some former employee went postal without going the truly classic postal?


30 posted on 04/25/2006 9:13:58 AM PDT by b4its2late (If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)
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To: Capn TrVth

So, people were made sick by...what? The bad smell, panic, etc??


31 posted on 04/25/2006 9:14:41 AM PDT by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: copperplum
That does not sound good.......
32 posted on 04/25/2006 9:14:56 AM PDT by b4its2late (If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Does it? I thought it was characterized but the scent of almonds.


33 posted on 04/25/2006 9:15:08 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Btrp113Cav

What was the substance, an assigment?


34 posted on 04/25/2006 9:15:20 AM PDT by Dont Mention the War (This tagline is false.)
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Arsine, Phosphine, Acrylonitrile, and mustard gas can have a garlicky smell.


35 posted on 04/25/2006 9:15:24 AM PDT by eyespysomething (American liberals like everything about the struggle for freedom except the struggle.)
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To: copperplum

Someone has already posted that the substance was not harmful. ???


36 posted on 04/25/2006 9:16:22 AM PDT by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: SE Mom
"I thought it was characterized but the scent of almonds."

You're thinking of cyanide.

37 posted on 04/25/2006 9:16:25 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: eyespysomething

I am on the phone with my uncle who has the lots next ot the post office. He said there was some acid dropped in the PO.


38 posted on 04/25/2006 9:16:39 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: Btrp113Cav

It could be something bad but it could also be something harmless and the people are going nuts about it.

I would think it is the latter. Remember, this is the US Post Office.


39 posted on 04/25/2006 9:16:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: Capn TrVth

Probably scent attractant used by fisherman. Garlic is one of the scents they use. The stuff is concentrated and strong enough to give you a headache if spilled in a confined area.


40 posted on 04/25/2006 9:16:58 AM PDT by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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