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01-20-2019, 07:31 PM
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Public health are just covering their ass.
Give all the hardware a good soak and cleaning in vinegar. Bathe the rocks in bleach, give them a good rinse and then start cooking them for the rebuild. In the meantime, monitor your families health, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to get an air quality test done inside your new house. 
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01-20-2019, 07:36 PM
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here was the cbc.ca news on a family with similar plight:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...mily-1.4633810 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...ison-1.4635311 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...anup-1.4640303
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01-20-2019, 07:49 PM
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Here is what I’ve found on destroying the toxin, it’s not much
. It is heat-stable, not inactivated by boiling, and is stable in neutral aqueous solutions for prolonged periods, however a rapid decomposition occurs under acid or alkaline conditions, leading to loss of its toxicity [2]. From page 3 of this article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...1/#!po=6.94444, I’ll grab the footnote info too. Katikou P. Chemistry of Palytoxins and Ostreocins. In: Botana LM, editor. Phycotoxins, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Blackwell Publishing; Ames, IA, USA: 2007. pp. 75–93. I’m guessing the shop vac sent it airborne and everyone was exposed. It appears that the alkalinity in our tanks helps keep the toxin in check. It’s actually scary stuff. I’ve read lots of documented cases where pouring boiling water on palys has created problems for everyone in the vicinity.
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