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Posted by Rick Cortese on April 10, 2008, 12:37 pm
Stephan Rose wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:15:59 -0700, P. Roehling wrote:
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>>>>>Yes, possible. The compressed air suggestion is also good.......just
>>>>>protect your eyes. Carb cleaner STINGS!!
I couldn't possibly shoot myself in the eyes more if I was trying!
>>>>
>>>>Uh, last time I looked, it was also poisonous...
>>>
>>>I'm sure. Maybe toxic would be a better description since I don't
>>>think a few drops (applied anywhere) will KILL you.......or even make
>>>you deathly ill.
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>>The warnings on my can say "HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. VAPOR
>>HARMFUL. HARMFUL IF ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN.
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>>FIRST AID: IF SWALLOWED, GIVE 1 TO 2 GLASSES OF WATER AND CALL A
>>PHYSICIAN, HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM OR POISON CONTROL CENTER IMMEDIATELY.
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>>Sounds like poison to *me*.
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> Also remember though in what country you are reading these labels. If
> they don't spell it out like that and some idiot decides to go shove the
> can into his mouth and drink the contents in in it's entirety then the
> manufacturer can get sued for his stupidity. Personal responsi...what?
>
> I mean swallowing carb cleaner is pretty damn difficult unless you
> deliberately do so.
One of my friends used to work for a packaging products firm. The
favorite trick in the factory was "Hand the newbie a mix of Coke and
acetone in a styrofoam cup." Lots of laughs when the styrofoam
dissolved. Used to tell the newbie "Hold my drink for me" so I don't
know how many actually took a sip.
I worked in the pharmaceutical industry, FDA inspections and all that.
We had to have every single item in a lab or production area labeled to
meet requirements. I recall one time when I sprayed the inside of an
oven with a squeeze bottle labeled "Distilled H2O" and stuck my head
inside to clean it => the bottle was filled with Methylene Chloride and
just about knocked me for a loop. It was too common for people to do
that kind of stuff.
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> I used to work cars for a living for a while and I've breathed in more
> than enough assorted carb cleaner, brake cleaner, whatever cleaner fumes
> without any ill effect. Yes you'd probably not want to be stuck in an
> enclosed space with fumes all around you...but you aren't going to be
> harmed by the odd fumes that result from normal everyday usage.
Yeah but I have a friend who developed contact dermatitus. Had to carry
a bottle of hand cream with him everywhere he went. Wash his hands
before dinner, apply hand cream so they don't split open and bleed all
over the place.
It's one of those 'canary in a mine' kind of things.
Rick
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