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Drew Richards

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16. No no no!..youre focusing on the wrong part of the molocule...cyclohexene ...

Reply to El_Johns (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 12, 2014, 05:58 AM

Jan 2014

Think benzene...cyclohexene will strip or destroy virtually anything and everything it is a super industrial solvent...and methycyclohexene floats like oil as it slowly dissipates and settles to the riverbed...it will KILL everything it touches....

Grass, worms, fish, snails, plants, birds, bugs, microbes....people.

It is a LONG TERM KILLER as it gets deposited on the banks and riverbeds. When it is transferred between tanks you are required by OSHA rules to wear level 4 mock gear same as for ANY industrial solvent.

This is some serious shit and should NEVER have been stored near any aquafir or water source.

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"Would YOU drink it, sir?" Primary component is of unknown toxicity: 4-methylcyclohexane methanol [View all] Fred Sanders Jan 2014 OP

I'm not a chemistry whiz, but it's a form of methanol, right? Methanol kills. El_Johns Jan 2014 #1

Not like methanol - in fact this is an incorrect listing of the subtance. The media gets it wrong. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2014 #2

In your opinion, based on the limited information available.... Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #5

the quantity that was spilled won't be easy to clean out of the water system - NRaleighLiberal Jan 2014 #6

Thanks. nt Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #9

the question that runs through my head onethatcares Jan 2014 #14

Whatever it is, according to the references I saw, it can cause death. El_Johns Jan 2014 #8

depends upon dose, exposure type, etc - though essentially everything is a chemical NRaleighLiberal Jan 2014 #10

This is nothing like methanol. Gman Jan 2014 #12

According to the write-up, it's toxic if ingested, causes liver & kidney damage & neurological El_Johns Jan 2014 #13

No no no!..youre focusing on the wrong part of the molocule...cyclohexene ... Drew Richards Jan 2014 #16

Ask him if he would let his wife and kids drink it for a week. jsr Jan 2014 #3

because the chemical company will put its tanks wherever the fuck it wants! stg81 Jan 2014 #4

Because America Is Freedom jsr Jan 2014 #7

Well, they DO have a Bald Eagle on their logo. Cut them some slack. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #11

Sounds like a Chris Christie answer. Cha Jan 2014 #15

You ask, "And why are chemical storage tanks perched on a high bank above a major river???" theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #17