A TRAGIC DEATH
Six, —May I comment on the tragic death of Stephen Dains, of Hawera, as reported in the Hekald of January 29. This is by no means the first case of injury caused by the highly inflammable nature of sodium chlorate, in the dried, saturated solution. The efficacy of this chemical compound in the destruction of ragwort is indisputable; but it is time tho chemists .of New Zealand, pharmaceutical and analytical, got to work to find some medium by which sodium chlorate can be rendered safe for use by the ordinary workman. Would sodium chlorate retain its efficacy whgn mixe/l with a solution of sodium silicate? Sodium silicate is ordinary water glass (egg preservative), and is non-explosive, and it is quite possible that it would check the explosive nature of sodium chlorate. Why not try the mechanical effect of water glass alone (sodium silicate solution) on the respiratory leaf area of ragwort, thereby using a suffocating process? Hahnemann.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 14
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160A TRAGIC DEATH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 14
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