Re: [Helmets] - Bayer Advertisment

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Bertie Wiggins said:

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The following advertisement appeared in this week's Economist.

http://tinyurl.com/aqsjb

http://www.scienceforabetterlife.bayer.com/advertisements/plastics2.php

Pity they didn't have the same concern for human life when they made
Zyklon B.

Oh, that's who makes it, is it? Still, I think it's a pretty silly name for
Safeway/Morrison's to call their washing powder by.

--
Ambrose

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Bertie Wiggins said:

I have included [Helmets] is the subject line so that anyone who wants
to filter out this thread may do so with ease.

The following advertisement appeared in this week's Economist.
http://tinyurl.com/aqsjb
http://www.scienceforabetterlife.bayer.com/advertisements/plastics2.php

Pity they didn't have the same concern for human life when they made
Zyklon B.

They (or at least another company owned by the same parent company) did
make it as an insecticide, not intended for use on humans. At least to
start with.

On 18 Oct 2005 17:31:49 +0100 (BST) someone who may be
[email hidden] (Alan Braggins) wrote this:-

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Quoted message said:

Pity they didn't have the same concern for human life when they made
Zyklon B.

They (or at least another company owned by the same parent company) did
make it as an insecticide, not intended for use on humans. At least to
start with.

ISTR they first developed it in the First World War, to kill insects
in trenches. IIRC one of the changes for the version used in killing
humans was to remove chemicals that gave off a distinctive smell
which acted as a warning. There is no legitimate reason that I can
see for producing this version.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Pity they didn't have the same concern for human life when they made
Zyklon B.

Quoted message said:

They (or at least another company owned by the same parent company) did
make it as an insecticide, not intended for use on humans. At least to
start with.

True. But they were under no illusions when the SS asked them to make
a version free of the characteristic odour which had, up to then, been
included for safety reasons.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

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[email hidden] (Alan Braggins) wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Pity they didn't have the same concern for human life when they made
Zyklon B.

They (or at least another company owned by the same parent company) did
make it as an insecticide, not intended for use on humans. At least to
start with.

ISTR they first developed it in the First World War, to kill insects
in trenches. IIRC one of the changes for the version used in killing
humans was to remove chemicals that gave off a distinctive smell
which acted as a warning.

Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B