[TheForge] Auto darkening helmet

[James Binnion]

Oh I forgot silk is on that list of HCN producers too :-)


On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:22 PM, James Binnion wrote:

> 
> On Jun 6, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
> 
>> This is the REAL downside to wearing wool as fire protection, the smoke 
>> contains cyanide. This was pointed out on a smithing forum yakking about 
>> this subject a few days ago. The upside is it takes a pretty serious 
>> exposure to wool or hair smoke to be hazardous unless you're sensitive and 
>> the smell is more than enough to clue you into taking care of the problem.
> 
> Yes so does tobacco smoke, and a whole list of other organic materials will produce it when incompletely combusted. It is one of the things that kills you in fatal cases of smoke inhalation.
> 
> 
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
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James Binnion
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