[TheForge] Fume and chemical esposures

[David E. Smucker]

There has been some on going work in this area -- could be better.

There has been a link shown between "welders" and an increase risk of 
Parkinson's.  How strong the link is I don't know.
Keep out of the fumes.

Dave

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From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:14 PM
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

> Given so many of us have extensive exposures, someone ought to be making
> up a data base and tracking our health. It'd be real useful.
> For example, I've 3 ex welder friends with Parkinson's just now.
> My own exposures and medical history cover pages.
>
> John Husvar wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 3/21/10 8:33 PM, "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> extravagant sounding precautions. Xylene is BAD for you, really BAD.
>>>
>>
>> So _that's_ what happened to me! Now I know why I'm so craaaaazy, crazy
>> enough to be a smith anyway! :)
>>
>> When I worked in the overhead crane factory and for a crane service 
>> company
>> we used Xylol (trade name for xylene) for parts cleaning and darn near
>> everything else as a solvent, thinner and so on; no wimpy gloves, suits,
>> respirators, etc.:)
>>
>> Hell, it was also a factory joke to tell a guy to be careful using MEK to
>> degrease gearboxes etc. and laugh at him when he passed out if he didn't 
>> pay
>> attention. (Losing consciousness without warning is a known hazard of 
>> MEK.)
>>
>> It's a wonder I've lived _this_ long. I've provably (not probably) been
>> exposed to nearly every industrial chemical and hazardous material there 
>> is
>> and with little or no protective gear. I'd bet there isn't one plant I 
>> did
>> repairs in that wasn't loaded with asbestos. It was the industry standard
>> insulation back in the day.
>>
>>
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