The NYPD is releasing harmless gases into the subway system during the morning rush beginning Tuesday to study how chemical weapons could be dispersed through the air.
Researchers will track the movement of harmless tracer gases called perfluorocarbons.
The gases mimic how a chemical or biological weapon may react if released. They’ll be dispersed in low concentrations for 30 minutes only during the morning, city officials said.
NYPD, Brookhaven Releasing Harmless Gases in Subway for Chemical Weapon Study | NBC New York
That name rings a bell. They used perflourocarbons for making nuclear weapons
PFCs were developed for industry in the 1940s as part of the Manhattan project.
After a few years they are completely excreted from the body. PFCs are lipid soluble, but they are totally insoluble in water. This may be the reason that they remain in the body for longer periods of time.
Based on an analysis of the existing science, most notably documented in the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), there is sufficient evidence to conclude that ….. perfluorocarbons (PFCs) ….. may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends
With most of the people residing in New York being hypochondriacs they can expect many hospital visits as a result of releasing a so called harmless gas in the system.
Pffffft … It’s New York, who cares? Why not test out some serin or something. Next stop, Kalifornia, need to test to be sure that the same hypothesis holds true on the left coast as well. A few less people on the food stamp rolls wouldn’t hurt.
Completely unnoticeable, when stacked against all the other ’emissions’ one finds in New York subways. If you are worried about your health, leave the cities.
+1
The ’empty car’ phenomenon: Usually of course, a mob of people will be waiting to board an already mobbed train. But occasionally, one of the train’s cars will be completely empty. So inviting. So much room!
But it’s a horrible trap. There’s a reason that car is empty. A very good reason. A reason that cannot possibly be further from pleasant.
Fortunately I don’t need the trains that often.
Harmless gas? Isn’t CO2 one of those?
Well, in previous times they released actual diseases in a similar manner to track how diseases flow through an area. I guess this could be considered a step in the right direction.
Why not simply park MTA buses at each subway entrance? That way, these Malthusians can accomplish the same purpose without the threat of lawsuits.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/13/milloy-federal-judge-overturns-epa-human-experimen
Reblogged this on The Firewall.
Has this stuff ever been shown to cause ill effects?
PFCs are extremely potent greenhouse gases, and they are a long-term problem with a lifetime up to 50,000 years. The most abundant atmospheric PFC is tetrafluoromethane which has a greenhouse warming potential 6,500 times that of carbon dioxide.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/library/publications/84958.aspx
Hasn’t the EPA got anything to say about the release of substances banned by the Montreal Protocol into the atmosphere?