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Accidently threw 4AA batteries away into the fireplace...

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It will blow up. leave the doors closed and you will be fine.

Just realized this is over a day old... so what happened?
 
Hey guys..I talked with Eli earlier on the phone, he got laid off because he was drooling all over at work. The boss didn't want any part of it.

 
Originally posted by: blustori
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Hey guys..I talked with Eli earlier on the phone, he got laid off because he was drooling all over at work. The boss didn't want any part of it.

😕

It's late. 😱

But it said in an earlier post drooling was a symptom of battery poisoning or something.
 
Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Quick google..
Symptoms that can result from inhaling large amounts of the acidic battery, or contents, dust, and smoke from burning batteries include:

Decreased mental ability
Difficulty sleeping
Muscle cramps
Slurred speech
Weakness in the legs
Bronchitis
Headache
Pneumonia
Itching skin
Nervous system
Impotence
Numbness of the fingers or toes
Spastic walk
Symptoms of alkaline battery poisoning may include:

Severe pain in the mouth
Collapse
Inability to breathe due to the throat swelling shut
Severe pain in the throat
Severe abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Drooling
Rapid drop in blood pressure

:Q
 
You might have problems if you set a car battery on fire, but 4 AA's in a properly vented wood burning fire place will do exactly didly squat. The chemical levels will not reach dangerous levels, and besides, your eyes would start to burn before any real damage was done at the kind of concentrations you can be expecting.
 
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