Posted by chriscase on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 8:40PM :
In Reply to: Not phosgene, just instant liver destruction, posted by chriscase on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 8:02PM :
They make freon out of carbon tet. Either one makes phosgene. But it was the carcinogenicness and liver damage that banned CT, since it was used in lots of uses where it was inhaled, beside around fires, where it got turned into phosgene.
Our first PW had one. We thought it was cool stuff to squirt at each other to watch it evaporate so quickly. Dumb kids we were, wasting a usable fire extinguisher.