[Leica] Why the mad rush / toxic chemicals

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)]

Well said!
 From my recollection, the main poisoning problems came out of  
commercial color processing practices.
An area where the industry frustrated most attempts at a more rigorous  
implementation of safety regulations, which would of been beneficial  
to the line workers.
The small operations that I've seen, and it's been many, rarely had  
adequate ventilation, if it had it all. Only two, that I can  
recollect, bothered with an air ionizer.
The ventilation systems I've seen, never had any filtration,or  
scrubbers. It was vented outside, to the surrounding community, much  
like the metal plating industry still does to this day.
S.D.


On Nov 5, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> 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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