battery acid

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But they also decimated the Ballona Wetlands’ freshwater marsh with everything from battery acid to trash to human waste, and scared off nearby residents who once walked the trails.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

In the meantime, he said, it just gets added to the growing list of corrosive incidents that are eating through players’ trust for their bosses like battery acid.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2018

One Twitter user said the air in the capital smelled "like chlorine" while another one described it as "noxious" and "like chlorine meets TCP or Dettol meets battery acid".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2018

Scientists said the acid in the plume was about as corrosive as diluted battery acid.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2018

Sabbatini: “The question was, ‘Why does battery acid burn your finger and not the inside of the battery case, which is largely polyvinylchloride?’

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin