Please see link to accident concerning Hot tub area and chemicals.
Bad Chemical Mix Sickens Residents
Fire fighters were called to an Arvada, Colorado Apartment complex recently
when incompatible chemicals were mixed during hot tub refinishing worksickened
residents.
Points to consider:
Firefighters evacuated the apartment building and the hot tub area after the pool cleaning chemicals were accidentally
combined forming a gas that sickened several people. Consider that chemicals can either be useful or dangerous. Generally,
substances are harmless under the appropriate conditions including storage, temperature and pressure, and handling. While
handling and storage of chemicals should be done with care, the observance of precautions when mixing different substances
is even more compelling. Additionally mixing two or more substances can result to one of several types of reactions, all of
which have one common feature and this is the production of new substances or new mixtures.
