These sodium azide worries seem way overblown. I used to use it daily working in a research lab to keep microbial growth out of the samples. Sodium azide powder is a bad chemical but 20 mg/kg is eating ~1.6 grams for a 175 dude to kill half of the dudes. The solution is likely < 0.1% sodium azide. Nothing to worry about. This is not the issue to worry about.
Agreed to not throw caution to the wind. However, making claims that are easily provably false for people with small amounts of experience in that field make this forum look bad.
The does makes the poison. I've worked around a chemist who had a hook for a hand. She blew her hand off with sodium azide powder. I'd never want to be around a bottle with 50 g of it in powder. However, a bit of azide to keep microbial growth down in a 1 mL solution is not a big deal. But yes, caution is cheap and there is no reason to take the risk. Use PPE.
These sodium azide worries seem way overblown. I used to use it daily working in a research lab to keep microbial growth out of the samples. Sodium azide powder is a bad chemical but 20 mg/kg is eating ~1.6 grams for a 175 dude to kill half of the dudes. The solution is likely < 0.1% sodium azide. Nothing to worry about. This is not the issue to worry about.
Agreed to not throw caution to the wind. However, making claims that are easily provably false for people with small amounts of experience in that field make this forum look bad.
The does makes the poison. I've worked around a chemist who had a hook for a hand. She blew her hand off with sodium azide powder. I'd never want to be around a bottle with 50 g of it in powder. However, a bit of azide to keep microbial growth down in a 1 mL solution is not a big deal. But yes, caution is cheap and there is no reason to take the risk. Use PPE.