> if left untreated, is known for spontaneously combusting as it decays and oxidizes.<p>Does anyone remember the 90s when as a laymen it seemed like an open debate whether humans would occasionally combust spontaneously? I guess it stopped happening once falling asleep with a cigarette lost popularity<p>But my point is I wasn’t aware that “spontaneous combustion” was a real thing one has to worry about it. Linseed oil rags will do this too, and that’s why patent leather shoes are coated in plastic now instead.
Americans' breast milk is full of fire retardants, found in 100% of samples taken.<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/24/1194759795/flame-retardants-breast-milk-banned-chemicals" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/24/1194759...</a>
About Ethoxyquin, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethoxyquin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethoxyquin</a>
I don't know why they don't just use nitrogen in the storage vessels. Ship holds, for example, already have this capability.
I make a lot of chili. Ethoxyquin is a good reason to mix your own chili powder.
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