From:	Alex van der Kleut <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: questions
Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:13:32 -0400

On Sun, 20 Nov 1994, The GREAT Cornholio wrote:
>
> But for any solvent to dissolve into skin, it must be in contact with
> it. Unless you have "holy" pants, pardon the pun, the DMSO would
> probably just sit on the pants. If it soaks through, there is the
> likelihood that the toxin is trapped inthe pants and the concentration is
> lowered so that absobtion through the skin provides minimal contact with
> the toxin. Best applications for DMSO is directly to skin, not to
> clothing/armor.
>
> DMSO is also a toxin in itself. It has some pretty bad effects ont he
> body, but I can't remember the actual safety concerns about the stuff.
>
> >
> > Marc
> >
> Mike
>
There was just an article off of the AP about two weeks ago about this
woman out in California. Last year she was brought into an emergency room
in LA for a heart attack, I think. They cut open her chest and this pllom
of toxic fumes was let out, making just about the entire trauma team
sick. They did tests later on to figure out just what happened. Turns out
that her body chemistry interacted with some medication she was taking,
and the result was DMSO. So she had this chemical in her and when it hit
the air it went gaseous and spread out like poison gas. This stuff is
pretty nasty! (The date it was in our paper was NOV 6).