Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 09 Nov 2001 00:43:57 -0800 David Rodgers <drodgers@swiftnet.com> wrote: > Guy, > > There was a series of articles some time ago in one of the photo magazines > that discussed darkroom exposure. There's also a book out which I think is > titled "Overexposure" which deals with darkroom related issues. > > I always thought that if I stuck to the basics, Dektol, Stop, Fix and > Selenium toner -- stay away from Pyro and exotic toners -- I'd be fine. You Probably will..... > Certain household cleaners are probably worse, I said. I'll just keep away > from them. It's also convenient to think that I might be allergic to > feather dusters! I'd rather print than clean. Dave, I've worked in "gang" darkrooms since I was a teen..we have about 180 students at any given time.....I've seen ONE (only) example of a real "photo" allergy...girl I went to high school with was VIOLENTLY allergic to Metol (Elon)....If this is the case for you, simply to change to a phenidone based developer (Ilford has some, don't recall which)... Other than this ONE example, I can't say I've ever seen/heard of any more, but IF you think you have "it", an allergy specialist will be able to prove/disprove it...you might have to "coach" him in the constituents of chemicals you use... Most of the chemicals we use are "irritants" or hazardous in SOME concentration... the "real" hazards are probably insignificant, at the dilutions and times of exposure we generally experience...you're probably in more danger going to the mall......... Good luck, we'd hate to "lose" another darkroom worker to digital!!! Walt > > Dave > > At 12:51 PM 11/8/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >Does anyone know of any studies related to allergies/illnesses > >caused by photographic chemistry? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html