Potassium dichromate is a slow-action carcinogen. Potassium percholate
would end your life a *lot* quicker.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Can't be any worse than the potassium dichromate I used for 2 yrs in silk
> screen making in the mid 70's and came home with dark yellow (jaundiced look
> to them) hands. Had all the goodies in my sets too but that was a day when
> parents supervised without you knowing you were supervised, unlike our
> present day hand-holding way of teaching new things. I had a pirahna in my
> aquarium, dad said don't mess with it. Got a chunk of skin ripped off of my
> index finger by not listening - learned to listen from them on, at least
> about pirahnas. Now you can't even have them in most places (I have a
> mother-in-law I'd love to have play with about a swimming pool of them)
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Eric Dittman
> -> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 1:54 PM
> -> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> -> Subject: Re: Rubber Restorer...
> ->
> ->
> -> > >I wonder if children's chemistry sets still come with all the
> -> > >interesting chemicals?
> -> >
> -> > Nope, no potassium perchlorate, potassium nitrate, but plenty of sodium
> -> > laurel sulfate.
> ->
> -> No iodine crystals, either, I take it?
> ->
> -> NB: If you don't know what you could do with these you probably
> -> had a much
> -> safer childhood.
> -> --
> -> Eric Dittman
> -> dittman_at_dittman.net
> -> Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
> ->
>
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 16:52:26 GMT