Re: How clean hardened corrosion...battery, rust, etc.



In article <440236DB.DE4FEA7E@xxxxxxxxx>, Mark Thorson
<nospam@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Solvay wrote:

Oxalic acid is a poisonous (just wear gloves, wash hands;
keep awayfrom kids) granule availible at chemical
suppliers, hardware and pool shops.

Poisonous? Not very. It causes kidney stones
if you eat too much of it. I wouldn't wear gloves.

From TOXNET ...

Oxalic acid is regarded as a strong poison when taken internally; as
little as 5 grams have proved fatal.
[American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure
Indices. 5th ed. Cincinnati, OH: American Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists, 1986., p. 451]

--
Chris Cooksey
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