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re: A coworker downed bleach at work today

Posted on 9/27/15 at 1:50 am to
Posted by lwest41
Member since Aug 2009
376 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 1:50 am to
Why drink milk after swallowing bleach? Why add another base to an already very basic substance? i feel like it should be countered with something acidic. IDK tho
Posted by skinny domino
sebr
Member since Feb 2007
14536 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 1:54 am to
quote:

a brakeup
Is a brake tag considered an inspection sticker on the Westbank?
Posted by Ellis Dee
G-Lane aka Pakistan
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 2:05 am to
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 2:27 am to
I assume it's more to provide a coating of the mucus membranes than to neutralize the base. Slow poison absorption and give the ER a chance to shovel charcoal down your throat.

If there is any boost to the milk....it's not that it's basic. It's essentially a buffer. You can injest it in whatever quantities and it will result in the same pH in the stomach after you mix it with the bleach.

To add acid to fix it, you would have to magically know how much bleach you consumed, how much acid is already present, and do math to factor in the pKa of the acetic acid you are consuming...you get the point.

And I don't think its a pH thing that makes bleach toxic anyway. I think it's more the chemical reactions that occur after its consumed.

Hence, back to the coating thing of milk.

Ditto for not to induce vomiting. Your esophagus, throat, and mouth will absorb these toxins into your blood a lot faster than in the stomach.

EDIT:

I'm both right and wrong.

It's not the pH but it's not a chemical reaction either. It's just how corrosive hypochlorite is in sufficient concentrations.
This post was edited on 9/27/15 at 2:31 am
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50862 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 8:21 am to
quote:

Yep. She was supposedly going through a brakeup.


bleach is terrible for discs and rotors
brake fluid would have been a better choice
Posted by tidalmouse
Whatsamotta U.
Member since Jan 2009
30706 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 8:31 am to
I drank Mr. Clean at the age of 2.Good times.

My Mom called the Doctor.He said to give me some milk.If it didn't make me throw up to take me to the Emergency Room.

This post was edited on 9/27/15 at 9:31 am
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
12171 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 8:45 am to
Of all the ways to kill yourself
Posted by CootKilla
In a beer can/All dog's nightmares
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 12:14 pm to
I drank bleach as a bet when I was 20. Burned my throat for 3 weeks. Regret it everytime I smell it.
Posted by tidalmouse
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Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 12:27 pm to


What'd you win?

This post was edited on 9/27/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted by Walt OReilly
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Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 12:40 pm to
Posted by stout
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

What'd you win?




Whatever it was, he still lost.
Posted by wartiger2004
9X National Champions WDE RIP CK
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 12:53 pm to
Was she an auburn fan if so I can sympathize
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 1:12 pm to
Took care of a toddler years ago that drank liquid draino. He lived but it basically ate up his esophagus. Iirc he ended up with a permament trach and tube in his stomach. Absolutely horrible what it did to that poor child.
Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 2:21 pm to
Prank caller! Prank caller!
Posted by RealityTiger
Geismar, LA
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 9/27/15 at 2:29 pm to
Are you retarded? Serious question.

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 2:39 pm to
She found out that you were part of the glory hole?
Posted by TheDude321
Member since Sep 2005
3276 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

they may cause laryngeal edema and airway compromise in the short-term setting.


Still sounds like a better option than what it might do to one's kidneys.
Posted by dyslexic
Left field
Member since Nov 2010
6640 posts
Posted on 9/27/15 at 6:21 pm to
A magic marker. A felt pen! A frickING BLACK MAGIC MARKER!!
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