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Muriatic Conspiracy?

Larniavc

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Yet, the warnings reflect a much more dire nature with very little actual proof.
The warnings are a bit hyperbolic so that the company who makes the product don’t get sued.
 
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The warnings are a bit hyperbolic so that the company who makes the product don’t get sued.
That's understandable but why medical articles say the same thing. Why not say the truth, for example, "the result of skin contact can range from nothing to severe burns"
 
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That's understandable but why medical articles say the same thing. Why not say the truth, for example, "the result of skin contact can range from nothing to severe burns"
Because then people might not wash it off. And some acids go through the skin and kill the nerves so there is no pain or scaring but significant internal damage.
 
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Yet, the warnings reflect a much more dire nature with very little actual proof.
Because it is better to er on the side of caution. Why is that so outrageous to you?
 
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Stainless stees doesn't seem to be affected by the acid like knives and spoons. It affected the scissors so I guess it's a fake stainless steel product.

Bleach have stronger effect on my skin but still very mild and often goes unnoticeable, sometimes forget to wash it off.
Be careful with strong chemicals. They work for the same reason they are dangerous.
 
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@timewerx, seriously, just answer this question for me please: if this is a conspiracy, then what IS the conspiracy? Like, what is the thing that you think is happening here?
 
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@timewerx, seriously, just answer this question for me please: if this is a conspiracy, then what IS the conspiracy? Like, what is the thing that you think is happening here?
I cautioned my children never to run around while holding sharp objects. I have repeated the caution with my grandchildren. Despite such cautions my children and grandchildren have all, at one time or another, run around while holding sharp objects. And yet none of them has ever suffered a serious injury as a result of this carelessness. Does this mean that my cautions were therefore unnecessary and misleading? Of course not. They were cautions. "Don't do this because you increase the probability that something nasty will happen to you."

@timewerx seems to think because he has, metaphorically, run around with a sharp sitck, yet suffered no injury, that he has been lied to, he has been deceived. To continue to think this after the corrections and clarifications offered here by several members suggests an aberration of thought that no amount of reasoned argument will correct.
 
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I cautioned my children never to run around while holding sharp objects. I have repeated the caution with my grandchildren. Despite such cautions my children and grandchildren have all, at one time or another, run around while holding sharp objects. And yet none of them has ever suffered a serious injury as a result of this carelessness. Does this mean that my cautions were therefore unnecessary and misleading? Of course not. They were cautions. "Don't do this because you increase the probability that something nasty will happen to you."

@timewerx seems to think because he has, metaphorically, run around with a sharp sitck, yet suffered no injury, that he has been lied to, he has been deceived. To continue to think this after the corrections and clarifications offered here by several members suggests an aberration of thought that no amount of reasoned argument will correct.

That much I can easily and readily tell.

I really want to know from @timewerx where the conspiracy angle comes in and what exactly the conspiracy is.
 
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Hydrochloric acid, known as HCl, at 25% concentration (which is what muriatic acid is) would have a pH of something between 1 and 2. That is a very strong acid. How much damage it would do on exposed skin would depend on a number of things, including how long it remained on the skin and how thick the layer of dead skin cells would be.

It's nothing to mess around with. You should always wear goggles handling it, as it can blind you it it splashes in your eyes. If you get it on your skin, the best thing to do is flood the skin with water. At sufficient dilution, HCl is basically harmless. Mildly basic materials like baking soda can neutralize it safely, turning it to what is essentially table salt. It's not toxic; your stomach has HCl in pretty high concentration. It's what causes heartburn when stomach acid somehow gets into the esophagus.

How likely is serious injury, from muriatic acid exposure? Some data:
 
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