Spectrographic study of animal tissues

✍ Scribed by J.S.H.

• Book ID: 104128375
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1931
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 212
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(31)90797-7

✦ Synopsis

Use of Hydrocyanic Acid Gas for Fumigating.--In a report recently published by the United States Public Health Service, the use of various fumigating materials, particularly hydrocyanic acid gas, is discussed. Hydrocyanic acid gas is a deadly gas. Persons unfamiliar with its use and effect should not expose themselves to it. This report indicates that trained fumigators can handle the most deadly gases with safety, both to themselves and others. It is, on the other hand, quite as true that in the hands of the uninformed or careless, many forms of fumigation are a menace to all concerned.

The report emphasizes that fumigating materials, particularly the deadly gases, should be handled only by persons trained in their use and who have the necessary equipment, such as gas masks, to protect themselves as the occasion requires. These gases should never be used without the full knowledge and consent of the local public health or police authorities. Hydrocyanic acid gas should never be used in buildings without combination with a warning gas.

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