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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wikipedia screenshot of hazards of chlorine trifluoride, showing hazard symbols for explosive, corrosive, tozic and carcinogenic with the word "Danger" below it

I think "Danger" might be putting it lightly...

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Hah! You get two signal words with GHS: caution or danger. Caution is low stakes, where you might get skin irritation or maybe a mild burn. Danger is supposed to clue you in that it will fuck you up, but there's no indicator of magnitude of fuck you up. Will it just give you a bad burn or will it melt your skin off while intercalating with your DNA?

I always wanted a third "oh helllll no" category for the really awful substances. For things like tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (it's a straight 4-4-4) or Osmium tetroxide.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Same dude. Like signal word "Fuck" for the spiciest of chemicals that really probably shouldn't exist in the first place that are desperately trying not to exist