posted on Sep, 26 2004 @ 03:01 PM
We used Sodium Cyanide to extract the gold and sikver out of the ore at one of our mines. A few years ago, I found several pounds of NaCN, along with
jugs of hydrofloric acid and mercury in the garage. Since we no longer had any use of the material, I transported all of these chemical to the Mackay
School of Mine located at the University of Reno. When the staff went out to my truck to help me unload the contents, they nearly freaked out. The
stuff that I was carrying was enough to kill a city as big as Reno. He said that if I had smashed some of the jars open and the chemicals had been
mixed together, kaboom!
Glad to have disposed of all of the poison when I did.... That included also some Hercules powder, still in the original containers. Kept the
containers, but dumped the powder.
Just because the news media mentioned that several tons of NaCN were bought by N. Korea, doesn't necessarily imply that they are going to be using it
a destructive fashion. Heck, even water is a potentially lethal chemical (in excess).
NVBadBoy