Posted by Jon on March 25, 1999 at 12:00:08:
In Reply to: Re: Death by turbine lube posted by Mark Pfeiffer on March 24, 1999 at 08:27:00:
A phosphate-ester is a huge group of compounds
It merely refers to the type of chemical bonds that
occur between a phosphate and an oxygen.Unfortunately
many chemicals don't look or smell toxic and may lull
people into false sense of security like the "cherry juice"
stuff.Alot of stuff just looks and smells like alcohol or water.
I could tell you more about it if you guys knew the
full chemical name.
What I do know, is that that particular bond is very
high energy and would probably lend itself to being
flammable.
If there are any organic solvents present in it like
benzene, xylene, or phenol that stuff can directly
mutate dna in your tissue and cause any number of cancer
types.Not to mention tissue damage.
Always read the label...if there is no label get rid of it.
Jon