[Jewelry making - Article 00084] - Re: [Orchid] Rust on tools

[Bob]

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    Of course I am aware Eezox contains Trichloroethylene; I have an
    MSDS for every product I use. It goes without saying that one should
    use any chlorinated solvent with adequate ventilation. That said, you
    are completely overstating the toxicity case _in_this_situation_.
    Unless you're huffing this stuff, there is little, if any danger of
    being anywhere near the 8,000ppm in 7 hours inhalation rate that is
    the lower limit of toxicity. 

    It is not, as you say, "...Trichloroethylene has not been
    definitively linked to cancer..." rather, there is no evidence
    whatsoever of a link to cancer. In addition, skin absorption and
    accidental ingestion of the exceedingly minute quantities of 1-1-1 in
    the normal use of this product must fall into the "not significantly
    toxic" category of the OSHA spec. 

    I can think of 20 products we all use every day whose toxicity so
    far exceeds Trichloroethylene so as to defy comparison, but I have
    yet to see this level of hyperbole about them (with the possible
    exception of recent discussions of Hydroflouric acid). 

    There is no question that tens of thousands of gallons of
    Trichloroethylene used by the military have resulted in ground water
    pollution which is a serious problem; but that situation bears little
    relevance in this case. 

    An objective assessment of Eezox would likely reveal this product to
    be "...a great tool protectant that is not too very toxic or
    greasy..." not to mention inflammable.
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