5-90 said:
Aw Hell - who knows anymore? I keep hearing about new things being carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, or just plain making people sick that I can't keep track anymore.
How long will it be before we see people walking down the street with SCBA? Frankly, I give it another ten years...
Is brake cleaner carcinogenic? I don't know - but I haven't caught anything yet. I still try to minimise my exposure (and using the good stuff helps - I don't understand how something supposedly "environmentally friendly" can still be friendly when you have to use four or five times as much of the stuff...) and only use it when necessary. That's all I can do.
Personally I think the mutants will show up before we start wearing SCBA gear.
OK, I am going to have some fun here. It turns out that NaCl, sodium chloride, table salt, lb/lb is one of the most toxic compounds known to man!
Also one of the top human carcinogins turns out to be a trace ALL Natural organic contaminate produced by some trace fungis that occurs naturally in peanuts, and thus occurs in peanut butter too!:tears:
Perc (Perchlorethylene) is what most of them use in the brake cleaner (that I have seen). It was listed about 30 years ago as a suspected carcinogen, but is not and never has been listed as a know human carcinogen (No proof ever produced). They may also be using trichlorethylene (not, 1,1,1 trichloroethane which was outlawed for such use along with Freon 12.... by the Montreal Protocall) in some brake cleaners. Note the similar spelling!!!
As I recall perc is also called tetrachloroethylene.
Perc became an environmental problem because of wholesale dumping before the 1980's laws stopped it, 10's of 1,000's of gallons ended up in just as many drinking water wells all across the country from dumping by industry. Becoming a suspected carcinogen and showing up in drinking water made it famous.
Anyway, tons of Perc are used as the main cleaner by dry cleaners even today, but they have elaborate, expensive recovery and recycling systems.
And don't forget, trying to inhale:laugh2: too much H20 (water) can kill you in under 5 minutes! :skull2: .Water is also know as the toxic compound Di-Hydrogen Monoxide, search Di-Hydrogen Monoxide on Google for an eye opener website on water.
OK, enough fun, The trick is to put all the available environmental health information into perspective!
Not an easy task.
OK, I know I have probably :hang:myself by now,
ECOMIKE
