To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:16:08 -0500
Subject: Re: MC use
Message-ID: <20010916.193451.-16440087.0.Earl_Schroeder@juno.com>
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From: earl_schroeder@juno.com
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>   One identifying mark of a  good
> experienced chemist is that he washes his hands BEFORE he goes to 
> the bathroom.

The above statement applies to a chemical plant worker also!!
Someone said that the MC 'rules' have been in place for fifty years.  I
can't dispute that but as one that retired from the first Lexan mfg plant
that uses MC as the solvent to transport the resin throughout the plant,
we were only warned of its possible side effects in the middle 80's. 
Prior to that we were told that it was a 'safety' solvent and we washed
our hands in it frequently since that was about the only thing that would
remove the resin.  I remember well cleaning the 'track pruf' stuff off
the shop floor when it became yellow and aged in preparation for a new
coat getting 'high' on the fumes from MC.  We used wire brushes on a
floor buffer to scrub the floor which was flooded 1/2 inch or so with MC.
 After an hour or so we were singing songs etc from the cheap drunk.
I must agree with David when he says this probably is another overstated
Gov't case.  I could be proven incorrect but I and many, many others have
retired from this facility with no known side effects.  Plus it is still
used every day in the continuing production of Lexan plastic.  (I worked
in this environment for 31 years & and was given complete annual
physicals each year.  Retired in 1995 and have a current 3rd class
medical in my billfold.)
However, MC should be treated the same as any other solvent.  Protect
what can be protected and ventilate when possible.

Earl E Schroeder Lancair N233EE Cessna N3595J
2103 Ford Rd
Mt Vernon, In 47620


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