Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEAE85.0CCED510 Content-Type: text/plain Platinum is a heavy metal and can be very dangerous if not properly handled. Inhalation of platinum tainted fumes, bathing ones hands or other parts in a platinum laden liquid, or dining on the metal itself can cause severe nerve damage leading to a Parkinson's Disease-like syndrome and even unto death. HOWEVER, if you work in a well ventilated room or, better yet, under a hood with a fairly powerful evacuation fan and you wear gloves, you should have no problem. Before working with platinum, ask the manufacturer to provide you with the MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET (known as the MSDS), which will detail personal protection and measures to take if one is accidentally exposed to the hazardous material. Buzz Hausner > Keith- > your mention of doing platium prints sparks me to ask- what are the > hazards > of platinum printing, aside from the nearly fatal toll on one's > pocketbook! > I know it is an exacting process, and expensive, but I had also heard that > incipient nerve damage from the chemicals is a definite possibility, and > that it make pyro seem as innoccuous as chicken soup. > Could you share some thoughts with us on that? > Thanks > Dan > > - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEAE85.0CCED510 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1460.9"> <TITLE>RE: [Leica] and now, for something entirely different.... going = platinum</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <UL> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book Antiqua">Platinum is a = heavy metal and can be very dangerous if not properly handled. = Inhalation of platinum tainted fumes, bathing ones hands or other parts = in a platinum laden liquid, or dining on the metal itself can = cause severe nerve damage leading to a Parkinson's Disease-like = syndrome and even unto death. HOWEVER, if you work in a well = ventilated room or, better yet, under a hood with a fairly powerful = evacuation fan and you wear gloves, you should have no problem. = Before working with platinum, ask the manufacturer to provide you with = the MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET (known as the MSDS), which will detail = personal protection and measures to take if one is accidentally exposed = to the hazardous material.</FONT></P> <P> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book Antiqua">Buzz Hausner </FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book = Antiqua"></FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Keith-</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">your mention of = doing platium prints sparks me to ask- what are the hazards</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">of platinum = printing, aside from the nearly fatal toll on one's pocketbook!</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I know it is an = exacting process, and expensive, but I had also heard that</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">incipient nerve = damage from the chemicals is a definite possibility, and</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">that it make pyro = seem as innoccuous as chicken soup.</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Could you share = some thoughts with us on that?</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Dan</FONT> </P> <BR> </UL> </BODY> </HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BEAE85.0CCED510--