Carbon Dioxide: Silent but Deadly

“I had thought fermentation was controlled death.”  — Michelle Zauner I enjoy touring distilleries. I love seeing the process of making whiskey, but I’m usually taken aback when we get to the fermentation step. Occasionally, the fermenters are enclosed and vent to the roof. Most fermenters that I see, however, are open top vats. This [...]

By |2025-11-06T11:11:31-06:00October 2nd, 2025|Chemicals, Craft Distillery Safety, Gas, Process Safety, Workplace Safety|Comments Off on Carbon Dioxide: Silent but Deadly

Carbon Dioxide: A Simple Asphyxiant?

“In the last two decades of the twentieth century, hundreds of people have died of carbon dioxide asphyxiation near volcanoes in Cameroon and in Indonesia.”  — Allison Stark Draper, in Coping With Natural Disasters Many worry about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide is also a much more urgent hazard. [...]

By |2025-01-16T12:45:04-06:00November 16th, 2023|Chemicals, Process Safety|Comments Off on Carbon Dioxide: A Simple Asphyxiant?
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