08-11-2003, 02:51 PM
There are much safer substances that can be used for those purposes. For hygene, there is a thing called salacilic (misspelled, since I have no idea how to spell it properly) acid, which is in fact not as harmful as it sounds. Digestion is actually done by Hydrochloric Acid.
It is not environmentally friendly, unless you count losing nutrients and causing unknown numbers of houses ruined by it. And if you mean applying it by immersion as sitting a cess pit of this stuff, then you are obviously forgetting that prolonged contact can cause swelling of the skin, wrinkles, and in some severe cases, complete splitting of it.
And, in response to the last paragraph...
//edit: Oh, and has anyone here seen Erin Brocovitch (or however it is spelled)? It was one of the chemicals in their reservoirs. Look what happened to the people who lived there!
It is not environmentally friendly, unless you count losing nutrients and causing unknown numbers of houses ruined by it. And if you mean applying it by immersion as sitting a cess pit of this stuff, then you are obviously forgetting that prolonged contact can cause swelling of the skin, wrinkles, and in some severe cases, complete splitting of it.
And, in response to the last paragraph...
Quote:Originally said by Homer Simpson
Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems.
//edit: Oh, and has anyone here seen Erin Brocovitch (or however it is spelled)? It was one of the chemicals in their reservoirs. Look what happened to the people who lived there!