Nail sickness

Nail sickness Nail sickness is chemical decay associated with corroded metals in marine situations. Chemical degradation of wood by the products of metal corrosion is brought about by bad workmanship or maintenance, or unsuitable (permeable) timber species, all of which permit electrolyte and oxygen access which promotes corrosion. Chemical decay of wood by alkali occurs in cathodic areas (metal exposed oxygen present). Softening and embrittlement of wood occurs in anodic areas (metal embedded oxygen absent) caused by mineral acid from hydrolysis of soluble iron corrosion products. 

We had bought another house with the help of relatives. I felt like everything in the world was making me sick. My brain was so dysfunctional and chemicals were affecting me so badly that I couldn t drive a car, I couldn t read, I couldn t remember my phone number or address, and I lost my sense of direction. That s when my doctors started to teach us what it means to make a house safe. We had to get rid of all our clothes—four closets full—that had just been dry cleaned. We had to get rid of all the cleaning products, colognes, nail polish. All that stuff. 

Just because they re sick or they ve got an illness or whatever you want to call it, they seem to get more attention but, I mean, God forbid, this is a horrible thing to say but if they had cancer or something or leukemia, I could totally understand everybody... mean they d get all the attention, that s fine, but when they re... they d steal the sugar out your tea or they d steal anything that wasn t nailed down and yet they still get welcomed back with open arms. 

Fired with the lust for killing, I grabbed another mouse, and nailed him with 175 mg/Kg. Dead in 6 minutes. Another one at 107 mg/Kg. Dead in 5 minutes. Another at 75 mg/Kg. Well, he looked pretty sick there for a while, and had some shakes, and then he seemed to be pretty much OK. One final orgy of murder. I injected 5 mice at 100 mg/Kg i.p., and watched four of them die within 20 minutes. I took in my hands the sole survivor, and 1 went outside the laboratory and let him loose on the hillside. He scampered away and I never saw him again. 

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