RE: formaldehyde
One of your embalmer friends perhaps .... -----Original Message----- From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:59 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: formaldehyde I just got a bunch from a guy in Colorado.... Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: RE: formaldehyde > > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Don Bryant wrote: > >> Judy, >> >> FWIW, I was able to purchase a 1 liter bottle of Formalin (37%) from my >> local pharmacist. As I was visiting there one day getting a prescription >> filled I spied the bottle sitting on a back shelf. I asked if they would >> sell it to me and they did so without hesitation. The pharmacy attendant >> explained that it had been ordered in error and is normally a non stock >> item >> but they could get more if I wished. Less than $15 a few years ago as I >> recall. > > It used to be as easily bought as, say, rubbing alcohol, but then they > so-to-speak cracked down on it. But we heard (for instance) about > formaldehyde disappearing from supply closets in hospitals -- and, as > noted, the rumor developed that it was used to make some kind of > controlled substance. I could get it by prescription, which I did (and at > the time a smallish bottle was $12), but it was a large pain generally, > especially dragging everything outside, and the glyoxal (available by mail > order) worked as well & usable right in the studio, so I got out of the > habit. > > It seems however that Europe is more liberal in this respect than the > US -- maybe they have fewer criminals? (Or less uptight gov't, having > sent their puritans over here circa 1797). > > J. > >> But as you say a very noxious product best used outside in warm weather. >> >> Don Bryant >> >
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