Sil Horwitz (silh@iag.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:08:02 -0400
At 99/04/11 03:46 PM -0400, Judy wrote:
>As for carbon tet -- I got some solvent or other for the burnt plate oil,
>which I forget now, but it's used in printmaking,& they must have a
>solvent. I'm not convinced how terrible the carbon tet really is,
>another one of those hysterics, since one uses about 1 cc at a time...
As you know, I am not the "hysteric" type, but I can assure everyone that
carbon tetrachloride is extremely toxic, a respiratory carcinogen even in small
quantities. In a closed area, it displaces oxygen in the lungs and can cause
asphyxiation. Dangerous stuff. A shame, because it's completely non-flammable
while most common solvents are flammable.
Sil Horwitz, FPSA
Technical Editor, PSA Journal
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