Walmart danger

[KJB1]

Wow. This really is something you should ask for the store manager and impress on them the danger -- this isn't a crazy-customer complaint. I'm sure there are guidelines they have whether OSHA, EPA, or their own safety department Every HD I've been in has had the MA in a totally different corner of the garden area than the chlorine.

If the manager doesn't get it taken care of quickly I'd notify the local fire department. One kid climbing on the rack or cart ramming that shelf (or minor earthquake) could result in a toxic cloud.

Interesting you mention earthquake. There was a small one last night. Not enough to knock stuff over though. I go there often, I’ll check if they fixed it and maybe see if I can call a manager. It isn’t easy finding someone who cares at Walmart

 

[jmastron]

Interesting you mention earthquake. There was a small one last night. Not enough to knock stuff over though. I go there often, I’ll check if they fixed it and maybe see if I can call a manager. It isn’t easy finding someone who cares at Walmart

No, it's not, but I would think if you go to the service desk and ask for the manager, and say "hey, this is dangerous; you can't have chlorine and acid stored together!" I would sure hope they would take heed. I imagine corporate email is in a queue for days/weeks, and no idea if you'd be able to get through a phone tree to call someone. Being physically there is more likely to get attention.

 

[KJB1]

Improving but it’s still Walmart .

 

[proavia]

Hmm - if the manager doesn't fix it, my next call would be the fire department.

 

[kevreh]

For those of us in the dark, what happens if bleach comes into contact with MA

 

[JamesW]

For those of us in the dark, what happens if bleach comes into contact with MA

A cloud of chlorine gas.

The lower the pH, the more chlorine gas is produced.

At a pH of 5.5, chlorine gas begins to be produced, at a pH of 3.5, the chlorine is about 50% chlorine gas.

At a pH of 1.0, all chlorine is converted into chlorine gas.

Different charts show different graphs.

The pH probably needs to get to about 3 to generate a lot of chlorine gas.

Liquid chlorine has a high pH and MA has a low pH, so you have to know the pH of a mixture to know how much gas is produced.

IN any case, never mix them.





Bleach and ammonia forms nitrogen trichloride NCl₃, which is a highly toxic dangerous and explosive chlorinated gas, which is at least as dangerous or more dangerous than chlorine gas.

 

[Decoy205]

Mental note: if shopping at wamart for pool stuff get it quick and get out fast!