[Jewelry making - Article 01284] - Re: [Orchid] Rust on tools

[John Donivan]

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    Dioxins and vaseline... I don't actually know, but I looked in
    Wikipedia to get some clues. I'd suggest any knowlegeable person can
    do the same (it's not so technical to understand). Petroleum jelly is
    a blend of paraffin and other natural petroleum based things - it
    depends who makes it what is actually in it. It's basically distilled
    oil sludge. Dioxins are a family of chemicals, not "A" chemical.
    Search for Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins - in Wikipedia, just
    searching for dioxins will lead to that.. Dioxins are halogenated,
    benzene based (polychlorinated=many chlorines, dibenzo=2 benzene
    rings). While you might get some of that from natural petroleum, it
    should be in trace amounts - there is some chlorine in petroleum, but
    it's not the same as being "halogenated" or polychlorinated. Plus any
    benzene based compounds should distill away in the beginning, I would
    think. It's just my impression from reading, but it seems there's
    little or no connection between the two, even if heated, most likely.
    Happy to be shown wrong, as always..... 

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