Another By-Product of Fluoride;
Deadly Greenhouse Gas - SF6
My recent story about fluoride poisoning prompted a lot of mail.
One especially interesting letter from a woman in the United Kingdom
opened my eyes to yet another problem stemming from the industrial
use of fluoride, which is a manufactured toxic gas.
The discovery was made that six parts of fluoride, combined with
one part sulphur creates a gas known as SF6, which is being used
to build "air cushioned" shoes, compressed canisters for blowing
up automobile tires.
The electric companies also are using the stuff, under the name sulfur
hexafluoride, to insulate high voltage lines, circuit breakers and
other equipment used in electricity transmission. The gas escapes
through seals and is released when equipment is damaged. Older circuit
breakers are found to leak the gas at a faster rate than new equipment.
SF6 emissions also escape into the atmosphere during the production
of magnesium and the casting of magnesium parts, one report noted.
The story said producers of magnesium ingots and die-cast magnesium
parts, now popular in automobile production, use the gas to prevent
rapid oxidation when molten metal comes into direct contact with
air.
Some people believe the gas is being used secretly in military equipment.
It is on list of chemicals used in weapons and for military purposes.
So why should this information be of interest to us? It is because
SF6 is found to be an extremely stable gas, with a life span of at
least 3,000 years, and it traps a fantastic amount of heat. As it
escapes into the Earth's atmosphere, it becomes a deadly greenhouse
gas that is a major contributor to the overall warming (and destruction)
of the planet.
While officials assure us that the amount of emissions of SF6 is
relatively low, scientists concerned about greenhouse gasses are
beginning to believe there is more of it being released into the
atmosphere than originally thought.
The gas has been found in samples taken by instrument-laden balloons
21 miles in the stratosphere, and even in air trapped under layers
of Antarctic snow. That is shocking because fluoride did not exist
in any quantity before the research started on atomic energy during
World War II, and SF6 was not developed until sometime in the 1950s.
An article by Andreas Schuld, head of Parents of Fluoride Poisoned
Children, charges that hundreds and thousands of tons of fluorides
are being emitted yearly by industry.
"Industrial emissions of fluoride compounds produce elevated concentrations
in the atmosphere. Hydrogen fluoride can exist as a particle, dissolving
in clouds, fog, rain, dew or snow," Schuld wrote. "In clouds and
moist air it will travel along the air currents until it is deposited
as wet acid deposition (acid rain, acid fog, etc.) In waterways it
readily mixes with water."
Schuld goes on to warn that "Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), emitted by
the electric power industry, is now among six greenhouse gases specifically
targeted by the international community, through the Kyoto protocol,
for emission reductions to control global warming. . .
"SF6 is about 23,900 times more destructive, pound for pound, than
carbon dioxide over the course of 100 years. EPA estimates that some
seven-million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE) escaped from
electric power systems in 1996 alone. The concentration of SF6 in
the atmosphere has reportedly increased by two orders of magnitude
since 1970."
It appears that the human race has been on a death trip ever since
American scientists produced the atomic bomb. This weapon and its
by-products have been more destructive than anyone ever imagined.
See also: The Great Fluoride Scam
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