From: Bob Kiss (bobkiss@caribsurf.com)
Date: 02/23/03-11:05:56 AM Z
DEAR SHANNON,
Well said! Life in general is about risk management. If we took NO
risks we wouldn't have children or be born! I am a pilot and, believe me,
flying is ALL about risk management. It can be a truly enjoyable, safe
endeavor but not for someone unaware of the risks and how to manage them.
Sounds like photography, yes? Perhaps flying is a bit less forgiving of
errors. ;-))
I had never heard of the book but will buy it ASAP. I do know John
Pfahl from my RIT days.
CHEERS!
BOB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@pdq.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: DIRTY NAILS was Julia, was safety
> Bob wrote:
>
> > I am now into my third year of treatment for metals and phenols in
my
> >liver and kidneys because, "When I wazh a boy" we weren't warned about
the
> >slow build up of so many of the chemicals that we use. Of course, now we
> >used latex or vinyl gloves and good ventilation but we should never shrug
> >off chemicals because they won't kill us quickly...the most insidious are
> >those that build up in the system with time. Prevention is worth more
than
> >a pound of valor...to purposefully mix my metaphors.
>
>
> I too have been made very sick in the past in poorly ventilated
> darkrooms. This was in school darkrooms, where the people running
> the places should have known better. Some of these places are still
> not fixed after years of people complaining about the poor
> ventilation. So, we cannot assume that everybody knows or cares
> about safety. I feel safe now only when working in my own darkroom
> where I can control the ventilation and everything else related to
> safety. I informed myself by getting the book Overexposure, which
> explains in detail the hazards of every photographic chemical
> imaginable. Being aware of the hazards of these chemicals doesn't
> mean I don't use them. I just use them with the understanding of what
> they really are. We use hazardous things all the time, advisedly.
> The gas we cook with can explode or suffocate us, but because we
> understand it, we can control its danger, as we do with electricity
> and fire and many other things. We should understand and respect the
> nature of the things we use.
>
> I think it would be difficult to list in one weekly or monthly email
> all the hazards of all the chemicals we use. Maybe it would be
> better to recommend to newcomers that they buy a copy of the book
> Overexposure so that they can refer to it when they need to. The
> introduction to the book by John Pfahl is a very convincing essay
> about what can happen, and did happen to him, when photographers
> ignore the hazards of the chemicals they use.
>
> --shannon
>
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