{"id":9726,"date":"2018-11-06T01:23:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T01:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9726"},"modified":"2018-11-06T01:23:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T01:23:36","slug":"albrights-toxic-archives-15-phosphorus-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9726","title":{"rendered":"Albright&#8217;s toxic archives 15 # Phosphorus burns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9727\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock-768x1458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock-540x1024.jpg 540w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/toxicticktock.jpg 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 24pt;\">&#8220;REMEMBER PHOSPHORUS ALLOWS NO SECOND CHANCES&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These are the words\u00a0issued in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=6445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Albright and Wilson propaganda video made some time in the early 1990&#8217;s<\/a>, designed for its employees regarding safe handling techniques for this insidious chemical, forever linked to all of the activities and waste arisings associated with the Oldbury works.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/scan0001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-335\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-335 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/scan0001.jpg\" alt=\"scan0001\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It certainly appears that the company were keen to take charge of employee health as regards potential chronic poisoning via phossy jaw, though conned them into believing that this was somehow all linked to &#8220;bad teeth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But this post deals with the main risk associated with the chemical in that it burns like hell, melts away the flesh and then sets about the bones<\/strong>. There are several reasons why a phosphorus fire and burns associated with it\u00a0are much, much worse than any other type.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is difficult to put out as it keeps burning in air until there is none left.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is a sticky substance that clings to anything<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It spits violently when burning meaning that several areas of fire can occur<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It burns for a long time , and even when seemingly extinguished, can restart again in contact with air<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Not only is the chemical itself highly toxic but when burning, phosphorus pentoxide smoke and phosphoric acid in contact with water also poisons you. This is particularly the case in contact with the mucous membranes or the eyes.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is lipophilic and therefore attracted to fatty tissues<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick video which demonstrates some of this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SA2BXGPdcRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some online sources also reveal patients presenting with white phosphorus burns, often associated with military activities. Of course we also know about the Albright and Wilson&#8217;s toxic legacy of <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their disastrous &#8220;AW bombs&#8221;- made in the millions at Oldbury. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4364261\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This link provides detail on the stages of phosphorus burns and their effects. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Phosphorus burns are typically severely painful, necrotic, and yellowish in colour with a characteristic smell of garlic. They are commonly full-thickness burns, resulting from chemical and thermal insults. Systemic toxicity manifests in 3 phases: <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(1) In the first 8 hours, patient may experience gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea; <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(2) From 8 hours to day 3, patient may be asymptomatic; <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(3) From day 4 to day 8, multiorgan failure and central nervous system dysfunction may result in death. Clinicians should also be wary of predictable complications such as hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and cardiac arrhythmia. Therefore, close monitoring of electrocardiogram and serum electrolytes are important.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMicm061897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another source reveals an individual\u00a0who received\u00a0burns to the scalp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Albright and Wilson corporate video shows an image of <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/02-01-2015_1909506.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one unlucky employee that appears to have been showered in the substance<\/a>, which I understand was from the 1980&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate that this was not a one off, the following article appeared in The Birmingham Post on <strong>18th December 1972<\/strong>, where the unfortunate individual received burns to the face, neck and buttocks. I am not aware of the long term issues that these two men may have faced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AWPHOSBURN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9728\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AWPHOSBURN-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AWPHOSBURN-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AWPHOSBURN.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With accidents like this and to prevent them from being sued, is probably the main reason why AW were so keen to discharge their duty of care by ramming home the PPE issues, as well as stating they provide things like baths and shower systems in the video\u00a0if any white phosphorus gets onto their workforce; the chemical industry meets\u00a0 John Haigh and Norman Bates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9735\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9735\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9735\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230007.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where&#8217;s rubber ducky?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9736\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/S1230005.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it is the military use of this destructive and unnatural chemical for which burns with white phosphorus are more commonly seen today. It is a chemical weapon by proxy, and those poor buggers on the ground where it has been dropped in the theatres of war do not get ppe or waiting baths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;REMEMBER PHOSPHORUS ALLOWS NO SECOND CHANCES&#8221; These are the words\u00a0issued in\u00a0an Albright and Wilson propaganda video made some time in the early 1990&#8217;s, designed for its employees regarding safe handling techniques for this insidious chemical, forever linked to all of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9726\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9737,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9726\/revisions\/9737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}