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Man Sickened by Cleaning Fluid Combo

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(July 31) - A Florida man who wanted a pristine toilet ended up in the hospital after mixing a potentially deadly combination of cleaning fluids.
Michael Newton, 44, of St. Petersburg, was taken to Bayfront Medical Center on Thursday morning, the St. Petersburg Times reported. He was suffering from shortness of breath and irritated lungs and eyes.
Newton created a chlorine gas cloud when he combined bleach and an ammonia-based product to "make a stronger bathroom cleaner," St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue spokesman Lt. Joel Grenata told the paper.
Fire and hazardous materials teams were called to Newton's home. They ventilated the home and scrubbed the walls.
Chlorine gas has been used as a weapon of mass destruction and exposure to it can cause severe illness or death. Authorities warn consumers never to mix bleach and ammonia when using cleaning products.
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GeoKaz

05:35 PMAug 01 2009

I have no problem with idots killing themselves doing stupid things. This has always been nature's way of getting rid of those born in the shallow end of the gene pool. However, with all ihe government and pinhead intrusion into our lives, the morons are surviving and breeding more morons. Thes then grow up to be Obam voters whoo believe he will pay their mortgages and give them free gasoline.

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Mjkaylor

05:34 PMAug 01 2009

i used to mix, bleach, ammonia all purpose cleaner and dish degergeant to strip wax off of a floor. everyone said that it would make me sick. Guess there was enough ventilation it didn't ever bother me.

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Xs4tune

05:32 PMAug 01 2009

AHalphenRN 05:03 PMAug 01 2009 don't clean urine off the floor with bleach, either. Same result.----------------------------------------------------------------- -Try not peeing on the floor in the first place! LOL

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Liberal4aclu

05:31 PMAug 01 2009

Darwin damn near prevailed and cleaned-out the toilet of our American gene pool.

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IB4Dixie2

05:31 PMAug 01 2009

Lets mix it up and spray Mexico!!!!!

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PEARLTOAD

05:20 PMAug 01 2009

It's not just ammonia any cleaning chemical with bleach can be a killer....lime away,snowbowl,the works,fantastis, 409, tilex you mane it it can be very harmful to you

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Hookmrl

05:19 PMAug 01 2009

hey when all else fails read the instructions ,,,duh idiot

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CrossRabbSwitch

05:18 PMAug 01 2009

You know that muritic (sp) acid is used for cleaning swimming pools, but there are all sorts of deadly poison labels on the bottle. You might think that if it will clean a swimming pool, it will work real good on a commode. So one day, one of the gardeners who cleans the pool, cleaned the commodes in the pool's bath house. The fumes shut down the entire neighborhood, and luckily the fellow got out of the bathhouse in time. The bad thing is that the fumes killed a neighbors plants and some of her prized flowers. But, lucky for us, they were sending her to prison for "insider trading" at the time, and she was unaware of the incident.

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JustaGuyInOKC

05:07 PMAug 01 2009

RTFL=Read the F!!@#$ (friendly?) Label. You can't read? Then don't buy anything or use anything, since you are really just one step below a caveman (sorry Geico). Oh, and to those that say "natural" cleaners or products are better, let me remind you that the most DEADLY POISONS IN THE WORLD are all natural, LOL!!!!!!!!! Yep, be sure to spread a little of that NATURAL arsenic around, since it's 100% natural and safe! Idiots.

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HelenHeRowe

05:05 PMAug 01 2009

Another intelligent American. Something you might do at 15, but not later in life.

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