And I thought you had gotten desperate and were eating the dead...
Originally Posted by Etoh
mixing formaldehyde and ammonia will give a relative non-toxic mixture of methenamine , if the formaldehyde has not been oxidized to formic acid which is probably what you are smelling, especially if it has been sitting on hot concrete.. also there will be other oxidation products.

depending on the ratio of what is left the formic acid would also neutralized by the ammonia.

you may want to check with a local HazMat team.


Hazmat teams are typically taught to flush with large quantities of water...
Unless a truck of pure sodium [s] tipped over it is usually a safe bet...

Probably not in your best interest to call someone who will file a report for: "a release of an unknown quantity of a substance the Socialist State of California has classified as a carcinogen"...

The broken container might also provide some suggestions...

-OMotS


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