Posted by: Tom Sparkman on July 10, 2003 at 15:22:00

: thanx for the heads up tom but how do u kno that? I was a Chem major in College. I did a lot of dangerous things but managed to survive with all my fingers and toes. There was one incident where I blew my wooden desk into kindling while I was sitting 10 feet away - that one cured me and saved me from being on the Darwin awards. ;) :besides it cant be that bad its just salt and pepper Nope, it's a chemical oxidizer that is the main ingrediant of Black powder ("gun powder"). Here's some reading material: http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/P5950.htm http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltpeter Tom

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