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minus-squareInstigatelinkfedilink16•5 months agoYeah, if “toxic + toxic = toxic” made sense then table salt would be extremely dangerous. Sodium = extremely volatile and usually explosive metal when interacting with water (more than half of what makes us) Chlorine = gas at room temperature that can kill you in minutes at concentrations of 1000ppm or more Sodium + Chlorine = Sodium Chloride = delicious table salt that makes food yummy and helps power our neurons
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 months agoThinking about it, we work on a whole bunch of highly volatile chemicals bound to a bit less volatile ones for stability.
Yeah, if “toxic + toxic = toxic” made sense then table salt would be extremely dangerous.
Sodium = extremely volatile and usually explosive metal when interacting with water (more than half of what makes us)
Chlorine = gas at room temperature that can kill you in minutes at concentrations of 1000ppm or more
Sodium + Chlorine = Sodium Chloride = delicious table salt that makes food yummy and helps power our neurons
Thinking about it, we work on a whole bunch of highly volatile chemicals bound to a bit less volatile ones for stability.
We’re biochemical foundries. It’s pretty damn cool.