<font color="0000ff">Mummies, IT"S FRiday!!!</font>
<font color="ff6000">share the following; extact from email</font>, not sure <font color="ff0000">scientific proved</font>or not
Dear All
I received this important message and would like to share with you all.
Please pass it on to your friends.
" Remember this esp when we buy lots of ice cream during Baskin Robbins
31st day offer!!!
They normally put dry ice in your ice cream pack if you buy a lot.
A friend bought four packs of ice cream and to prevent it from melting,
the seller put the dry ice amongst the ice cream. My friend put it at
the back seat (not the back of the car) and he started to drive with the
windows closed and the aircon on (as what we all do). Soon after that,
he had difficulty breathing and it was getting worse by minutes.
Luckily, he was in a traffic jam and when he almost fainted, beside him
was an ambulance. He dragged himself to the ambulance and got the oxygen
treatment. He was getting better on the way to the hospital.
The ambulance officer drove his car to the hospital and he had the same
experience. However, before his condition worsen, he opened up the
window and he can breathe easily. Only later, when my friend
returned to office and told his colleagues about his story, they pointed
to him that the dry ice was the problem. WHY?
Dry ice was made of CO2 and when it "melts", it becomes CO2 gas
immediately without leaving any wet mark (that is why it is called dry
ice).
CO2 is easier to be linked up in our blood and thus, when the dry ice
sublimes into CO2 gas, it fills the car room with it along with the air
con circulation and caused CO2 poisoning. So, don't put the dry ice
inside your car if you are using aircon with fully closed windows. You
must leave the windows open for such situation.
Hope this will help to prevent any fatality just from a small negligence
like this. Imagine if you have your children inside, they might be the
victim. "
