Chemical Safety headline:
'THE SUBSTANCE EMITTED A PURPLE HAZE EACH TIME IT ACTIVATED AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A .22'
Tags: us_OR, public, release, response, bomb, sodium_bicarbonate
Most probably Nitrogen tri-Iodide. Why would sodium bicarbonate neutralize it? I don't see the chemistry behind it.
Ernie Lippert
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