> Most folks working in fiberglass use it by the gallon for cleaning up
resin,
> tools, hands.
I built two cedar strip canoes, which had to be fiberglassed. That was all
the fiberglass work I need for one lifetime.
> Heck, I've even washed my hands in gasoline, too... and there ARE
carcinogens
> in gasoline (benzine, for one). Used to love the smell of it
Foolishly did that in the past too, but always hated the smell if it.
>He also thought DDT, malathion, guthion,
> etc. were the greatest chemicals ever invented (and mixed all kinds of
> pesticides together with abandon). | :O
>
> I've used carbon tet and naptha without protection, too, before I learned
> better. Orchard spray planes (old Boeing Stearman bi wings) used to fly
> right over the house on approach to the local airstrip, dripping
pesticides
> on my little upturned sunburned face
I have done foolish things like flagging for the spray planes that used to
spray our potato fields, and the pilot used to complain that my CB antennae
on the house was too tall, wanted me to shorten it so he wouldn't have to
raise so much going over my house. I have washed my hands in weed spray
after cleaning the plugged spray nozzles on the ground sprayer. I always
used a tractor that had no cab for the ground sprayer, and the wind would
sometimes blow the stuff right over you. So did my father, who's been
battling cancer for the last 14 years. Now I'd prefer organic potatoes, if I
could find them.
> Bill, Dove bars are O.K., unless you're high cholestrol, like me, darn it.
Eat those, and you'll be blowing bubbles. :-)
>
> Rich (who goes for a liver function test in a couple weeks for Lipitor
> cholestrol control -- how will they know if any liver impairment is the
> result of Lipitor or 35 - 40 years of other chemical exposures?)
I'm on Lipitor too, hate taking it, but its better than the one the doctor
had me on a year ago, which really fouled up some muscle functions in my
eyes.
OM content: I have some pictures from way back of those spray planes, Ag Cat
I think, in the potato fields. They are banned from spraying that way now,
thankfully.
Wayne
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