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Subject: Re: H2S Antidotes
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:09:37 -0400
Author: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety"
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Subject: Re: H2S Antidotes
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:34:54 -0400
Author: Alvaldenio**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM
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Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:29:02 +0000
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From: William Munsey <MunseyW**At_Symbol_Here**BRCC.EDU>
Subject: Re: H2S Antidotes
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I don't know about "one breath"; the number of breaths necessary to kill would almost certainly depend on the concentration of H2S.
We did have a tragic incident in the Shenandoah Valley a few years ago, in which several members of a farm family who were working in a manure pit were quickly overcome by H2S and killed. Obviously, from this incident, a sufficiently high concentration is quickly lethal; what I don't know are the numbers for "sufficiently high" and "quidkly."
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] H2S Antidotes
From: "Bob Weeks"
Subject: RE: [DCHAS-L] H2S Antidotes
I have heard that one breath of hydrogen sulfide is fatal. Is there any documentation concerning this?
Thank you.
Robert Weeks, PhD, CIH
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