TheSublimeGoose
TheSublimeGoose t1_isvwpz2 wrote
Reply to comment by AchillesDev in Police Find 20 Pounds of Fentanyl in Apartment After Firefighters kick Door in by HoldenGambles
While you’re correct regarding the hysteria surrounding airborne/skin-contact fentanyl, you’re wildly incorrect about the dosages.
Funny that you mention the LD50 of mice, but not of monkeys, which is as low as 0.03mg/kg (IM/IV).
You’re talking about micrograms (mcg). Your wife didn’t receive more than 3mg. She’d very likely be dead or at least have been quite sick.
TheSublimeGoose t1_iswquri wrote
Reply to comment by AchillesDev in Police Find 20 Pounds of Fentanyl in Apartment After Firefighters kick Door in by HoldenGambles
No worries
Also, fentanyl can most certainly be deadly when airborne. You’d have to walk into a fresh cloud of it, but it’s possible if a large bag of it ripped open, something like that. Something that you’re unlikely to encounter, obviously.
The reports regarding first responders have largely (like 99%) been hysteria manifesting itself as physical symptoms (fainting, dizziness, etc) but there have been a few cases of FRs being legitimately exposed.