Re: Handling cyanide
Russell Young (ryoung@chicoma.la.unm.edu)
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 22:06:38 -0600
Well, folks, many years ago, I was using Kodak's sepia toner
kit, which includes a ferricyanide bleach. There were about
6 trays in the sink, the normal B&W print processing trays
and the toning trays. Was using just ONE hypo tray, though,
and taking the print from the bleach and *intending* to place
it another try, I accidently chose the short stop instead.
There was a fairly immediate foul pungent odor and it immediately
dawned on me what had happened. Fled instantly. The darkroom
was a converted root cellar and that odor was present for
months...
Russ Young
(who was 15 at the time...)