HAZMAT BOX FOR "POTASSIUM CYANIDE SPILL" AT 83RD ST AND ANCHOR DR, WOODRIDGE

    THU JAN 24 2013 ~5:09 PM
    LISLE-WOODRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT
    HAZMAT BOX/CHEMICAL SPILL
    83RD ST AND ANCHOR DR WOODRIDGE, IL

    MABAS DIVISION 16 HAZMAT BOX FOR A POTASSIUM CYANIDE SPILL. BOLINGBROOK, GLENSIDE, LOMBARD, DOWNERS GROVE, NAPERVILLE, VILLA PARK, WARRENVILLE, WHEATON, YORK CENTER. DIVISION 16 AND DIVISION 12 TECHS ARE RESPONDING. A SMALL AMOUNT OF POTASSIUM CYANIDE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER A WELL-BEING CHECK, POSSIBLY ON WHART DRIVE -- CONNECTED TO ANCHOR DRIVE.


    IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, KCN IS DISSOCIATED INTO HYDRATED K+ IONS AND CN−. AS A SOLID, THE SALT CRYSTALLIZES SUCH THAT THE CATIONS AND ANIONS ORGANIZE LIKE NA+ AND CL− IN NACL. POTASSIUM CYANIDE IS A MOIST SOLID (WHITE, GRANULAR OR CRYSTALLINE) THAT BY HYDROLYSIS EMITS SMALL AMOUNTS OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE, WHICH SMELLS LIKE BITTER ALMONDS. NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SMELL CYANIDE.

    POTASSIUM CYANIDE ABSORBS WATER FROM AIR (IS HYGROSCOPIC OR DELIQUESCENT)

    PER NIOSH POCKET GUIDE ...
    EXPOSURE ROUTES INHALATION, SKIN ABSORPTION, INGESTION, SKIN AND/OR EYE CONTACT.

    SYMPTOMS IRRITATION EYES, SKIN, UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ASPHYXIA; LASSITUDE (WEAKNESS, EXHAUSTION), HEADACHE, CONFUSION; NAUSEA, VOMITING; INCREASED RESP RATE, SLOW GASPING RESPIRATION; THYROID, BLOOD CHANGES.

    TARGET ORGANS EYES, SKIN, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, THYROID, BLOOD.


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    See also ...
    CDC The Emergency Response Safety and Health Database POTASSIUM CYANIDE : Systemic Agent

    CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Cyanide


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