From jcb@MIT.EDU Fri Jul 14 13:17:32 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 95 11:13:52 -0500 From: Jeff Bigler To: marc@MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: <9502170204.AA13671@deathtongue.MIT.EDU> (marc@MIT.EDU) Subject: Re: [clari.living.bizarre] Spicy Spill Causes Hazard Reply-To: jcb@MIT.EDU X-Usnail: 36 Cook Street, Lynn, MA 01902-2757 X-Phone-1: (617) 592-5802 X-Phone-2: 10288-0-700-BIGLERJ (forwards to wherever I am--until 2/23/95) X-Phone-3: (500) 4455-JCB (forwards to wherever I am--starting 2/23/95) X-Geek-Code: (version 2.1) GE/S/MU d-@ H+ s-:+ !g(+) p2 au(-) a30 w+(+++) v+(*) C++(+) UB+ P+ L 3- E+(++) N- K- W M V-- -po+(---) Y+(--) t- 5 !j R G' tv-- b+ !D B- e+++ u++(**) h f+ r(+) n+ y++ X-Url: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/home.html X-Zippy: My face is new, my license is expired, and I'm under a doctor's care!!!! > From: marc@MIT.EDU > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 21:04:34 -0500 > Content-Length: 1800 > > > What's allyl isothiocyanate? (And where can I get some? ;-) > > Marc > > ------- Start of forwarded message ------- > Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!looking!bass!clarinews > Approved: khaight@clarinet.com > Comment: O:3.5H; > From: C-ap@clarinet.com (AP) > Newsgroups: clari.local.new_york,clari.biz.industry.food,clari.living.bizarre > Distribution: clari.apo > Subject: Spicy Spill Causes Hazard > Keywords: Feature stories > Copyright: 1995 by The Associated Press, R > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 3:30:09 PST > Expires: Tue, 28 Feb 95 3:30:09 PST > ACategory: usa > Slugword: Spicy-Spill > Priority: regular > ANPA: Wc: 170/0; Id: V0264; Src: ap; Sel: -----; Adate: 02-14-N/A; V: 0170 > Codes: APO-1120 > Lines: 17 > Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu clari.local.new_york:10624 clari.biz.industry.food:2780 clari.living.bizarre:917 > > SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- It brought tears to many an eye. > A woman who whips up batches of horseradish at home accidentally > spilled her heretofore secret spice Monday -- and it took a > hazardous materials crew to clean it up. > ``That must be some hellacious horseradish,'' police Sgt. Mike > Doolan said. > Ellen LaBombard of Fairmount, a Syracuse suburb, spilled 1 1/2 > quarts of allyl isothiocyanate, used to flavor her spiciest jars. > LaBombard Horseradish comes in four varieties: Regular Hot, X Hot, > XXX Hot, and ``Too Darn Hot.'' > LaBombard tried to air out the basement by plugging in a fan, > but the overwhelming vapors quickly forced her out. > Even the masked Fairmount Fire Department who responded to her > 911 call were overwhelmed -- they called in the Onondaga County > Hazardous Materials Unit. > Fire Chief Paul Montondo said the liquid spice is dangerous if > inhaled in large amounts and can cause skin and eye irritation. > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- >From the Merck Index: Allyl Isothiocyanate; 3-Isothiocyanato-1-propene; isothiocyanic acid allyl ester; allyl isosulfocyanate; volatile oil of mustard; Redskin. C4H5NS, mol wt 99.15. CH2=CHCH2NCS. Isolated from _Brassica_nigra_ (L.) Koch, _Cruciferae_ (black mustard seed), or prepd from allyl iodide and potassium thiocyanate: Duliere, _J._Pharm._Belg._ 2,981 (1920), C.A. 15,571 (1921). Colorless or pale yellow, very refractive liquid; very pungent, irritating odor; acrid taste. density 1.013-1.020. Boiling point 148-154 C. Optically inactive. Refractive index 1.5268-1.5280. Slightly soluble in watel; miscible with alcohol and most organic solvents. One ml dissolves in 10 ml of 70% alcohol. LD50 orally in rats: 339 mg/kg. P.M. Jenner et. al., _Food_Cosmet._Toxicol._ 2,327 (1964). USE: manufact. flavors; war gas THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY: counterirritant ----- Sounds like it's basically mustard gas. -- Jeff Bigler 36 Cook Street Home voice/FAX/messages: +1 617 592 5802 jcb@mit.edu Lynn, MA 01902-2757 Find me starting 2/23/95: +1 500 4455 JCB http://www.mit.edu/people/jcb/home.html