Steroid fuming

I headed to the shower to calm my nerves. Fat chance. The bathroom was like a House of Horrors. Can Soft Scrub residue get in your system via your feet What about the black mold dancing across our (plastic ) shower curtain And the roach bait behind the toilet The cat litter winked at me I recoiled. I brushed my teeth and almost cracked—was fluoride bad And what about my deodorant (aluminum), hydrocortisone cream (steroids), and just about every shampoo, lotion, and perfume on my shelf (all made with chemicals that have the potential to harm growing babies) Even my pedicure made me nervous, but I didn t dare risk acetone fumes to remove the poisonous polish. 

SAFETY PROFILE Poison by intraperitoneal route. Moderately toxic by subcutaneous route. An experimental teratogen. Other experimental reproductive effects. Mutation data reported. A steroid. When heated to decomposition it emits vet toxic fumes of SOx and NOx. See also CORTISONE. 

SAFETY PROFILE An experimental teratogen. Other experimental reproductive effects. A steroid. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and fumes. 

SAFETY PROFILE Confirmed carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic, neoplastigenic, tumorigenic, and teratogenic data. A promoter. Human reproductive effects by ingestion fertility effects. Experimental reproductive effects. Human mutation data reported. A steroid hormone much used in medicine. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. 

SAFETY PROFILE A powerful irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. Flammable when exposed to heat or flame. Ammonia is liberated and Uthium hydroxide is formed when this compound is exposed to moisture. Reacts violently with water or steam to produce toxic and flammable vapors. Vigorous reaction with oxidizing materials. Exothermic reaction with acid or acid fumes. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of LiO, NH3, and NOx. Used in synthesis of drugs, vitamins, steroids, and other organics. See also LITHIUM COMPOUNDS, AMIDES, AMMONIA, and LITHIUM HYDROXIDE. 

Nitration of Alkenes. Alkenes may also be nitrated by nitric acid. This reaction has been exploited in tbe synthesis of a number of steroid derivatives. Fuming nitric acid converts cholesteryl acetate to 6-nitrocbolesteryl acetate in good yield (eq 5). The nitration of the more highly functionalized dienyl acetate (eq 6) provides the corresponding nitro steroid. Treatment of 1,1-dichloro-2-fluoroethylene with nitric acid in concentrated sulfuric acid provides fluoronitroacetyl chloride in 16% yield. 2-Sulfolenes have also been nitrated. ... 

Polymerisation catalyst, benzoylating agent. Can be used for synth. of aliphatic acid chlorides. Used to derivatise steroids and carbohydrates for chromatog. Fuming liq. d 1.22. Fp -1°. Bp 197°. 

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