[Leica] Why the mad rush / toxic chemicals

[richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)]

It occurs to me that there have been two trains running in these
threads, one is the "what should the current crop of darkroom people
do, in terms of safety?" and the answer probably comes down to

   Good ventilation, avoid touching, breathing, ingesting, any and all
chemical whether in liquid, powder, or vapor form. Use "safe" chemical
as much as possible (e.g. Xtol and others).

The other thread is "OMG, I wasn't aware or I wasn't careful all those
years ago" and the "unfortunately, lots of old darkroom workers got
horrible problems due to unsafe exposure."

I am mainly talking about the first thread, which unfortunately seems
to have gotten some people upset because they mainly were talking
about the second thread...

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