Ti-el_Terall said:
Does anybody know if the dust from fibreglas that is made when cutting it with a dremel is bad for you?
yes
Anytime you guy's are gonna use polyester resin just remember this little blurb from an MSDS
Route of Entry: Skin YES
Route of Entry: Ingestion YES
Route of Entry: Inhalation YES
Health Hazards - Acute and Chronic MAY CAUSE EYE AND SKIN IRRITATION. VAPORS MAY CAUSE MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITATION AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISCOMFORT. REPEATED EXPOSURE TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF VAPOR MAY CUSE LIVER AND KIDNEY DAMAGE
Carcinogenity: NTP NR
Carcinogenity: IARC NR
Carcinogenity: OSHA NR
Explanation of Carcinogenity NONE
Symptoms of Overexposure [EYE] MAY CAUSE IRRITATION. LIQUID SPLASHES MAY RESULT IN MORE SERIOUS INJURIES. MAY CAUSE TEARING. [SKIN] PROLONGED - MAY CAUSE DEFATTING AND DRYNESS OF THE SKIN WITH RESULTANT IRRITAITON AND POSSIBLE DERMATITIS. STYRENE MAY ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN IN TOXIC AMTS. [INGEST] MAY CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. [INHAL] VAPORS MAY CAUSE MUCOUS MEMBRANE IRRITATION AND UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISCOMFORT. HEADACHE, NAUSEA, INSENSIBILITY AND OTHER CNS EFFECTS
Medical Cond. Aggrevated by Exposure NR
Emergency/First Aid Procedures [EYE] FLUSH WITH PLENTY OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN. SEEK IMMEDIATE MED AID. [SKIN] WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER. [INHAL] REMOVE VICTIM FROM EXPOSURE. IF UNCONSCIOUS, ADMINISTER ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION AND OR OXYGEN AS NEEDED. SEEK MED AID. [INGEST] DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING (ASPIRATION HAZARD). SEEK IMMEDIATE MED AID
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