“The vessel went down with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide,” the statement said

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    1 month ago

    No idea. I just work with acetylene and am familiar with old acetylene gas machines which use calcium carbide to make it. I have no idea what those toxins actually do in large amounts because I’m only used to dealing with them as fairly trace contaminants. I just know enough to know that the acetylene itself shouldn’t be much of an issue but those two chemicals could be.