Thank God that even though later than sooner justice has been served!
I hope that SOB dies of rat bites in prison!

One of many tragedies that is still happening here quite a bit.

In the Dominican Republic, murderers get much lighter sentences, and can buy a get-out-of-jail free card by paying a negotiated compensation to any relative or dependent.
This crime deserves a harsh criminal sentence, but so do the murderers, corrupt officials and drug traffickers. Let's see what happens.

I related burn news the purple ones may not care for you to know:


"The Dominican Republic has the dubious honor of the highest rate of burn injuries in the world."



30,000 burn patients a year

The Dominican Republic has the dubious honor of the highest rate of burn injuries in the world. Listin Diario reports that on average 30,000 people are victims of burns every year and that 3,000 of them, about 10%, require hospitalization. On average 290 are hospitalized at the Peral F. Ort Burn Center at the Luis Eduardo Aybar public hospital. The unit treats around 3,500 outpatients. 50% of those treated at the center are victims of injuries resulting from flames caused by kerosene gas, propane, gasoline or fuel oil, and 35% for electricity-related injuries, followed by China with 11%.

Moreover, the DR is second in the world in injuries caused by burns in the kitchen.

Continued:

Another major reason for burns is the location of the propane gas tank. He said for instance, Johnny Cake vendors keep the tank next to the stove with children around. He said that in the home, a cylinder should be kept at least three to five meters away from the stove, which is violated frequently in the DR. He recommends that the tank should be kept outdoors, but in many cases this is not done because of the risk of theft.

Listin Diario reports that the Dominican Republic is the only country in the world reporting injuries for electricity theft. Another 10 to 15% of the injuries are due to accidents at home.

Enrique Jose Jimenez Then, director of a new burn unit at the Ney Arias Lora Traumatology Hospital in the Province of Santo Domingo made the announcement. He said that the DR is the country with the most severe burns, with patients having on average of 48% body burns, while in the US and Europe the average per patient is 30% body burns.

Even the Listin couldn't hide

So what would happen if you used this acid on someone in the name of "self defense". Different rules or jail time?

Josean,
You are a sick, demented, compulsive, self-destructive narcissistic with a deep streak of insecurity, and also a pitiable desire to be loved and accepted by all anti-Dominicans on this website.

Now lay on the couch and tell me how you really feel, Ken without the Barbie!

Your hatred for Dominicans runs so deep that you were hoping the quake would hurt us all, but don't worry what goes around comes back around.

Amen to that!!! Kenny

Celso I pay my light bill unlike Euclides but my lights go out from time to time!

It's pitiful that this woman has to bear the scars of this barbaric act. It's not just the surface damage but, I'm guessing, much more so, the psychological trauma that will haunt her for life!

I can't understand why the proper govt agencies have not banned this evil substance already. It has done enought damage. What are they waiting for?!

I believe it already has been banned.

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/....-ban-of-drain-cleaner-devils-acid

Botemon. Thanks for the input; but this announcement dates back to September, 23, 2010! Yet the vicious crimes continue unabated!
You'd think by now, this terrible product would have long ago been taken off the shelves!
What's going on!?

I glad the justice system is stepping up in doing their job.

Is "Devil's Acid" the name for this particular mixture, or just any use of drain-cleaner in an attack?
Drain cleaner is NaOH (sodium hydroxide "caustic soda") in crystals or concentrated aqueous solution. It is not in fact an acid, but the opposite - a very strong alkali and more corrosive on human skin than most acids.
PVC pipe cement contains MEKP (methyl-erhyl-ketone-peroxide) a strong organic solvent, perhaps to increase the potency of the NaOH on skin.
Both products are very useful, even essential for some applications. They should be controlled and used with care, but not banned, any more than machetes of petrol, which are also useful but can be used in a brutal way, to chop people up or incinerate them.
Hand-guns in the other hand have only one purpose - killing or seriously injuring humans, and should not be available to civilians at all.

@Botemon, good question; is use of a dangerous chemical deemed more barbarous than use of a firearm? I am also curious about that. Lacking the legal option to have a firearm, I have considered keeping a spray bottle of - not devil acid, but plain old muriatic acid - on hand. If I used this against a home invader, would I be acting in a barbaric manner from a Dominican perspective (especially, from a Dominican COURT's perspective?)

Roy, I'll wholeheartedly agree with you on this one:

" Hand-guns in the other hand have only one purpose - killing or seriously injuring humans, and should not be available to civilians at all."

But not this one:

"Both products are very useful, even essential for some applications. They should be controlled and used with care, but not banned"

PVC cement is useful and harmless (unless you inhale it deep), But drain cleaner is not. (I've been a part-time plumber). It destroys metal pipes and harms the environment. It is very inefficient in doing what it's supposed to and a waste of money.
Let's get rid of this "Acid" before it does its next evil deed.

The misuse of propane is real national peoblem:


"Gas cylinder explosion leaves 18 people burned in Azua; 7 of the affected were transferred to the ND"

http://www.noticiassin.com/2012/0....ectados-fueron-trasladados-al-dn/

@Roy; correction - PVC glue contains MEK (methyl ethyl ketone). That is different than MEKP (methyl ethyl ketone peroxide), which is an oxidizer and commonly used "catalyst" for polystyrene resin "epoxy". Of course they have similarities of chemical structure but they are not identical.

I would guess the PVC glue ingredient in devil acid is added to make the chemical stick to the skin. Otherwise, I do not think the ingredients in PVC glue would react with NaOH. The damage NaOH does to skin is called saponification: it turns fat molecules into soap, basically; so the skin and subdermal layers literally wash off. It is a painless process so the victim does not know to remove the chemical immediately.

CadeJ,
You are absolutely correct, I had a "P" where I should not have - (not an uncommon occurrence when I've been drinking too much I'm told).
Perhaps the addition of PVC cement is not scientifically based, but rather relates to voodoo?
The saponification of fat is the very reason why NaOH is so good for clearing blocked drains. As a child (yes, soap had been invented then, but not used by the English) my mother used it with mutton-fat ("dripping") to make soap. I used to steal it to make hydrogen (reacting with silver-foil (aluminum). Also a dilute solution on the ground will bring worms to the surface, ready for use as fish-bait. (agreed, not good for the environment).

Ron, with your plumbers hat on,
What metal pipes do you use for effluent, and drain-vent-and-waste lines?
What do you recommend as an alternative to caustic-soda for clearing drains?

Roy. In my salad days, I had been a plumber's helper and subsequently, employed with a slum- lord's firm, in charge of unstopping/ replacing pipes....Tenants would pour this "acid" into their sinks and, in short order, would eat right through aluminum "J bends" and, ultimately, cast-iron pipes.
There were many a pipe I had to replace with PVC. Nothing else could stand to the corrosive power of this chemical.
Under- sink, j-bends can easily be cleaned by uncoupling it. Or if you can afford it, a tool that shoots highly compressed air into pipes. The other, is to snake it or use a plunger.
This chemical also disrupts the natural decomposition of human waste. If it reaches aquifers, you'll be drinking it with your cup of tea.

Ron, I am not surprised the J bends were eaten out if made of aluminum!
In Australia, J bends are made of heat-welded polypropylene which has better heat and chemical resistance than uPVC.
From there on down it is uPVC. to the centrifugally cast iron sewer main, then to an activated-sludge purification plant. The sludge is separated into anaerobic digestor tanks to produce methane for heat and power for the plant. The spent sludge is then devoid of pathogens and used as organic fertilizer.
The remaining water goes into forced O2 oxidation ponds and eventually the water is used for irrigation and any surplus pumped out to sea. When the plant is operating properly (about 99.8% of the time) it is of drinkable standard but not used thus.

I love non-conformist!


Nothing like getting an education on plumbing and sewage treatment from two Off Topic Mavericks!


Mr.Gorbachev tear down this wall!

"..From there on down it is uPVC. to the centrifugally cast iron sewer main, then to an activated-sludge purification plant. The sludge is separated into anaerobic digestor tanks to produce methane for heat and power for the plant. The spent sludge is then devoid of pathogens and used as organic fertilizer..."

Jesus, all mighty!!... Mr. Roy, this is the very argument I've been basing all my enthusiasms on!!
I'm so darned exhilarated by your mentioning "anaerobic digesters" and "methane" and" organic fertilizer". ...excuse me..but I'm becoming aroused!...Oh, God!

Be patient, Josean, I was getting to the bit where all this crap is Leo's fault, when I lost connection.
Now as I was saying, Ron ......

"all this crap is Leo's fault"

Not all Roy just 99.99%

kennyB,
What exactly is your problem with Josean's post about the high incidence of burns in the Dominican Republic? I don't think he was rejoicing or gloating, just telling it as it is. Maybe that's an unpatriotic thing to do?
It seems to me to be symptomatic of an overall carelessness and lack of concern for safety that pervades this country, from dangerous driving and riding, to poor diet and sanitation.