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The fumigant does not need to be mixed with water to emit toxic gas. Water from the air will do that. I wish the media would be more accurate about that. Sometimes a contaminant or warning odor might be emitted along with the deadly odorless phosphine gas and that might have been why the resident was trying to wash the product away, which would have possibly accelerated the process.
https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem...3-20100225.pdf
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/...2681483419553/
I get the impression that it very common for 'controlled' pesticides to be use by unlicensed operators in residential areas in the US.
Posted January 2, 2017 09:10 am - Updated January 2, 2017 04:33 pm
UPDATED: Four minors dead, five Amarillo family members stable, one transported to Lubbock after pest control chemical in home creates lethal gas
AFD says children were residents of home, call came in from somebody who stopped by and saw everyone sick
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It was unclear how long the home’s residents had been exposed to the poisonous gas.
“It’s a very lethal chemical,” Davis said. “It causes pulmonary edema, and basically the lungs fill up with fluid. We don’t know that that’s the cause of death so far, but that’s one of the more severe symptoms. It took us a long time to identify the chemicals.”
Davis said the one of the home’s occupants had reportedly tried to crawl under the home to wash some of the chemicals off, triggering the chemical reaction....
UPDATED: Four minors dead, five Amarillo family members stable, one transported to Lubbock after pest control chemical in home creates lethal gas
AFD says children were residents of home, call came in from somebody who stopped by and saw everyone sick
...
It was unclear how long the home’s residents had been exposed to the poisonous gas.
“It’s a very lethal chemical,” Davis said. “It causes pulmonary edema, and basically the lungs fill up with fluid. We don’t know that that’s the cause of death so far, but that’s one of the more severe symptoms. It took us a long time to identify the chemicals.”
Davis said the one of the home’s occupants had reportedly tried to crawl under the home to wash some of the chemicals off, triggering the chemical reaction....
https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem...3-20100225.pdf
Upon exposure to air, WEEVIL-CIDE? Tablets, Pellets, and Gas Bags begin to react with atmospheric
moisture to produce small quantities of phosphine gas. This reaction starts slowly, gradually accelerates
and then tapers off again as the aluminum phosphide is spent. WEEVIL-CIDE? Pellets and Tablets react
somewhat faster than do the Gas Bags. The rates of decomposition of the Tablets, Pellets and Gas Bags
will vary depending upon moisture and temperature conditions. For example, when moisture and
temperature of the fumigated commodity are high, decomposition of WEEVIL-CIDE? may be complete in
less than 3 days. However, at lower ambient temperatures and humidity levels, decomposition of WEEVILCIDE
? may require 5 days or more. After decomposition, WEEVIL-CIDE? leaves a gray-white powder
composed almost entirely of aluminum hydroxide and other approved inert ingredients. This will cause no
problems if the fumigant has been added directly to a commodity such as grain. However, the spent powder
must usually be retrieved for disposal after space fumigations. If properly exposed, the spent WEEVILCIDE
? will normally contain only a small amount of unreacted aluminum phosphide and may be disposed
of without hazard. While WEEVIL-CIDE? is not considered a hazardous waste, partially spent residual
dusts from incompletely exposed WEEVIL-CIDE? will require special care. Precautions and instructions
for further deactivation and disposal are given in Section 24 of this Applicator's Manual.
moisture to produce small quantities of phosphine gas. This reaction starts slowly, gradually accelerates
and then tapers off again as the aluminum phosphide is spent. WEEVIL-CIDE? Pellets and Tablets react
somewhat faster than do the Gas Bags. The rates of decomposition of the Tablets, Pellets and Gas Bags
will vary depending upon moisture and temperature conditions. For example, when moisture and
temperature of the fumigated commodity are high, decomposition of WEEVIL-CIDE? may be complete in
less than 3 days. However, at lower ambient temperatures and humidity levels, decomposition of WEEVILCIDE
? may require 5 days or more. After decomposition, WEEVIL-CIDE? leaves a gray-white powder
composed almost entirely of aluminum hydroxide and other approved inert ingredients. This will cause no
problems if the fumigant has been added directly to a commodity such as grain. However, the spent powder
must usually be retrieved for disposal after space fumigations. If properly exposed, the spent WEEVILCIDE
? will normally contain only a small amount of unreacted aluminum phosphide and may be disposed
of without hazard. While WEEVIL-CIDE? is not considered a hazardous waste, partially spent residual
dusts from incompletely exposed WEEVIL-CIDE? will require special care. Precautions and instructions
for further deactivation and disposal are given in Section 24 of this Applicator's Manual.
By Stephen Feller | Jan. 3, 2017 at 1:33 AM
..."The chemical is only sold to people that have a license to apply it, and he got this black market. He applied it yesterday, and then so over the night is whenever all the toxic gasses were leeching to inside the house..."
..."The chemical is only sold to people that have a license to apply it, and he got this black market. He applied it yesterday, and then so over the night is whenever all the toxic gasses were leeching to inside the house..."
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