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12-19-2010, 10:34 PM
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Re: Cop Overwhelmed by Ammonia at Accident Scene
He did not die. There is no record of an Illinois officer dying in that manner. There were 4 officers killed that year in the state and this is not one of them. Thank goodness.
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12-21-2010, 11:39 AM
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Re: Cop Overwhelmed by Ammonia at Accident Scene
The thing about ammonia is that it stinks. But only while it's not going to kill you. Once it reaches a fatal threshold, you can no longer smell it (I can't recall the reasoning behind this exactly, but I *think* it might be enough to temporarily destroy your sense of smell) so you think it's safe, but it's really not. I've done a lot of work in phosphate plants, and they keep thousands of tons of ammonia around. You have to carry an ammonia respirator with you at all times.
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