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In article <6qfuua$ueh$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,  <rilio1@concentric.net> wrote:
}In article <cjSs1.1022$to.3094344@newsread.com>,
}  russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto) wrote:
}
}> Mostly, it's talc.  There's some NaOH (lye) produced as well, which is why
}> it burns when you inhale it.  The fuel for the airbag is sodium azide
}> (NaN3).  I believe a lead-based compound is used in the detonator, but
}> there's not enough lead to matter in one explosion.
}> --
}> Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
}> "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
}> of justice is no virtue."
}>Mr. Russotto:
}How do you know "there is not enough lead to matter in one explosion"?

Lead is a heavy metal.  It typically poisons not by one-time exposure,
but by continued exposure for long periods of time.  A lead compound
similar to the one used in airbags is used in firearm cartridges, and pistol
shooters don't get lead poisoning from ONE trip to the range.

}If there is an accident, there are usually at least two explosions!

Not when I've only got one airbag.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."