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To: backhoe

I’m not sure how you define poison. I’ve been involved in a massive freon leak aboard a submarine, and it was handled as a “Poison Gas” event. Many of the crew inhaled enough of the freon to make them very sick. Fortunately, none of us died in the incident.


23 posted on 11/09/2008 5:14:26 AM PST by deaconjim (Because He lives...)
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To: deaconjim

“I’m not sure how you define poison.”

“The dose makes the poison” - Paracelsus, in the 16th century (or so).

This is a point which has always defied the understanding of Al Gore (and most of the enviro-whackos). Even water (if ingested at high enough volumes - and I don’t mean drowning) and oxygen (at high enough concentrations) are toxic to humans.


68 posted on 11/09/2008 7:53:07 AM PST by Stosh
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