# Dow Handi-Wrap

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135 "2021-08-19T02:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135/41 "2021-08-23T19:53:27Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> The C in PVC is chloride. When it is incinerated, it creates chlorine gas, which is what they used in the trenches of WW1.

Yeah, just like table salt.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135/42 "2021-08-23T20:02:12Z")

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Now that the factual part of this has been answered, I will say that Glad Cling Wrap works well for me, and they’re not paying me to say that.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135/43 "2021-08-29T19:36:09Z")

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Is that for real? It really puts a new spin on that SNL skit about Mr. Belvedere…

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dow-handi-wrap/949135/44 "2021-08-29T19:40:28Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> Is that for real? It really puts a new spin on that SNL skit about Mr. Belvedere… -

It’s been around for a loooong time. Never read any of the stories, I prefer reading about obscure scientists wrapped in aluminum foil.

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