 use bulk formaldehyde as porta-potty chemical
Paul Johnson <thejohnsons@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> "Alan Horowitz" <alanh_27m> wrote in message
> news:1e3670a7.0402141907.6750b738@c om...
> > the portable-chemical-toilet thing seems to have been originally based
> > on marked-up formaldehyde solutions as the deodorant.
> >
> > I want to buy bulk formaldehyde and use that. How much is needed?
>
> Bad idea!! Many campgrounds specifically ban the use of formaldehyde toilet
> chemicals. Straight formaldehyde is dangerous to you as well. It used to
> be used to "pickle" biology specimens.
Still is, I pickled some nice tumours in it before xmas.
Problem is, the vapors can "pickle"
> some of your sensitive parts too (like the lining of your nasal passages).
True, but they do grow back, eventually*.
Peter
*personal observation of a colleague who fixed his nasal membranes while
dissecting fixed specimens (without ventilation). Took him about 4
months to get his sense of smell back. | 
