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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by bobwilcox</i> <br /><br />You sure pick the winners-if the VCM blast does not kill you the cancer will! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I spent nearly ten years in a PVC plant in OKC. Besides being three times as flammable as gasoline and a known carcinogen, VCM gives off Hydrogen Chloride gas when it burns. As soon as you inhale the HCl gas, it turns to Hydrochloric Acid in your lungs. That could ruin your entire day, as the protein in your lungs hydrolyzes. We always kept a good supply of full Scott Airpack breathing apparatus handy. If you want to see a sight that will make the "pucker factor" go off scale, just watch a couple of those big VCM tank cars derail and hit the ground while your unloading racks are being switched.[:(] BTW, any job that might conceivably release even the slightest amount of VCM had to be done while wearing supplied breathing air, either through a hose from the plant's breathing air system, or from a Scott Airpack. All in all, it was nasty stuff to work with/around. [:(] <br /> <br />[C):-)]
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