I know we would all LIKE TO BELIEVE that Nitrous from cream bulbs is completely harmless, and that corporations always have the consumers health utmost on their minds, especially with products that are not used for the intended purpose. But the truth is usually a much grayer area. Yes of course smoking is safe, lead doesnt harm you, and yes "Ebee" there definitely are no contaminents in cream whipper nitrous bulbs.
I know my 2 years of Chemistry at Uni. doesnt mean anything especially since I work in a completely different science, but again I state my subjective and verifyable findings.
*Nitrous from cream bulbs tastes as much like Clinical grade nitrous, as water does to milk.
*Get a clean washed cream bulb machine, bulb through say 4 dozen boxes of bulbs (especially imported bulbs - Clover). Open the bulber and wipe your finger inside the whipper. A thick black grime of oily fine particles is deposited in the whipper, and can be easily collected on your finger. Sometimes I have even had small metallic particles which had a dull shine like lead, or perhaps the metal from seal on the bulb.
*Inhaling Nitrous without oxygen will kill your brain cells (dont try this at home). Medically it is mixed with pure oxygen, otherwise use 5 times as much normal air (which is only 20% Oxygen).
Further research at :
http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Info/N2O/
Has disclosed all sorts of other issues including:
*unsubstiated reports of lead in cream bulbs
*impurities in the production of the gas including NO2, NO, NH3
*Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is extremely toxic, leading to the rapid destruction of lung tissue, even if inhaled in small quantities (from memory this was the compound which also affected the immune system) Nitrogen Dioxide damage to the lungs is permanent and cumulative.
http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Info/N2O/nitrous.synthesis.html
*"Occasionally, certain anesthetic agents become misused drugs. Nitrous oxide is an example. A gas of low anesthetic potency, it is incapable of inducing deep levels of anesthesia if an adequate oxygen concentration is maintained. Nitrous oxide induces a state of behavioral disinhibition,analgesia, and euphoria. One of the problems occasionally encountered when nitrous oxide is used for recreational purposes is that, unless the compound is administered with at least 20 percent oxygen, hypoxia (decreased oxygen content of the blood) can be induced. But in order to achieve high enough concentrations of nitrous oxide to get a good behavioral effect, concentrations of 50 percent or greater must be inhaled. If such concentrations are mixed with room air, inhaled oxygen concentartions drop to low levels and the hypoxia may result in irreversible brain damage."
(E Bee - "so as long as you take a fairly deep breath with it, it should be fine" - INDEEED!)
http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Info/N2O/nitrous.dangers.html
Very interesting. It loosely seems to match my subjective impressions after 10 years of Nitrous use. Well 'E Bee' aka 'Joelle' I am not sure what your agenda is here, but I thought the aim of Bluelight was to present an objective view of the things we take and do, so that individuals can make INFORMED decisions as to what they may be doing with their bodies. You may want to falsely justify to yourself that your habits are completely harmless, but it is highly destructive to dupe others with disinformation which could well result in permanent brain damage.
Anyway I am tired of this topic.
Now where can get some of those beige CKs?
Wishing you all an 'out of it' New Year.