where did this come from that chloroform is used in cleaning? does anyone have a link? wouldn't you pass out?
Here's one; still looking. I found it interesting that chloroform is used in photography since that is said to be one of KC's hobbies.
Other uses include the following: as a solvent in the extraction andpurification of some antibiotics, alkaloids, vitamins, and flavors; as asolvent for lacquers, floor polishes, and adhesives; in artificial silkmanufacturing; in resins, fats, greases, gums, waxes, oils, and rubber;as an industrial solvent in photography and dry cleaning; as a heattransfer medium in fire extinguishers; as an intermediate in thepreparation of dyes and pesticides; and as a fumigant for stored graincrops (WHO 1994, ATSDR 1997, HSDB 2001). It is also used incertain medical procedures, such as dental root canal surgeries, and incombination with other ingredients as an experimental treatment ofherpes zoster, or for control of screw worm in animals.
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s038chlo.pdf
Here's info from WESH:
Sources first told WESH 2 that the level of chloroform that authorities said they found in Casey Anthony car was "suspiciously high." They also told WESH 2 that her computer confiscated within hours of her July arrest, show visits to Web sites with information on chloroform.
Chemist Jeff Flowers, who has testified in state and federal court as an expert, said positive tests for vaporized chloroform mean those results could not have come from anything else -- not cleaning products, not human body fluids or a mixture of anything else.
"I think it's as significant or more significant than finding decomposition products," Flowers said.
Flowers said it had to have been pure chloroform, WESH 2's Bob Kealing reported.
"It could not have come from a chemical reaction in the trunk. It's impossible," Flowers said.
Flowers said chloroform can be found in very small amounts in everyday liquid cleaning products. But, he said, chloroform cannot vaporize or get in to the air unless large amounts of it are present.
"That solvent could knock out the driver of the car. It's a very dangerous thing to have that material in your car," Flowers said.
http://www.wesh.com/news/17397494/detail.html