A shipper at the loading dock wants you to take 100 cartons of battery acid, but you are already hauling 100 pounds of silver cyanide. What is the right course of action?

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Why

Cyanides must never be loaded with acids, because a mixture of the two could give off deadly hydrogen cyanide gas, so the acid stays off your vehicle and someone, such as your dispatcher, should be told.

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Topic: Hazardous materials   License: CDL

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• Loading and Unloading HazMat

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