On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:44:21 +0000, D Taylor wrote:

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> "NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
> news:71ip50hb6579u93jdm45lkq1md07pcrfp9@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:24:19 -0500, "Ray Drouillard"
>> <cosmicNospam@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
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>> >"Dan Rock" <danrock@wowway.com> wrote in message
>> >news:-sadnbpGcZT70MHd4p2dnA@wideopenwest.com...
>> >> You will also get by products from engine wear. Most piston rings
>> >> are
>> >coated
>> >> with chromium, a toxic metal.
>> >
>> >Chromium is toxic? Funny... I take chromium supplements.[/color]
>>
>> Let's be serious. The chromium you take in medication supplements is
>> different than that in an engine.
>>
>> Think about Nitro. Used in a person it can stop chest pain/angina by
>> dilating cardiac blood vessels. In a slightly different formulation,
>> it can be used to blow holes in solid rock.[/color]
>
> Ummmm, no. Nitroglycerin (also called glyceryl trinitrate) is a
> powerful explosive and an important ingredient of most forms of
> dynamite. However, is also used with nitrocellulose in some propellants,
> especially for rockets and missiles, and it is employed as a vasodilator
> in the easing of cardiac pain. It does this because it dilates blood
> vessels by relaxing the smooth muscles surrounding them, thereby
> increasing blood flow. The formulation of the explosive and the heart
> medication is the same, just the concentration is different. Medical
> nitroglycerin is simply diluted to make it nonexplosive. In the mid
> 1800's people who handled pure nitroglycerin reported their faces would
> get flushed and their heart would pound. That is how William Murrell of
> Westminster Hospital in London knew to look to diluted nitroglycerin as
> a long lasting remedy for angina. In fact most chemicals used for
> medicine are the same chemicals used for other purposes.[/color]

In any case, nobody here can guarantee the cooking pot will be absolutely
safe to use. I personally would just clean it out with detergent and hot
water, with maybe a wipe-down with a rag soaked in alcohol and a final
rinse... Or buy a new pot!
One possible test might be to fill it with water and let it simmer for a
half-hour or so to see if any oily film floats to the top or any noticable
odor lingers. In any case, only BBoucher can make that decision, and I'm
not going to urge him in either direction. I don't want to bear any part
of the blame if some family member develops cancer 20 years from now.

Karl S.

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I'm still waiting for someone to WTFM!