An unusual case of carbon monoxide poisoning from formic and sulfuric acid mixture - Ershad M, Melisiotis A, Gaskill Z, Kelly M, Hamilton R.

Formic acid, when combined with sulfuric acid, gets dehydrated to form carbon monoxide (CO). A 27-year-old female was found unconscious inside a car, next to a container with a mixture of sulfuric acid and formic acid. Concentrations of up to 400 parts per...
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