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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 27, 2004 08:39 PM
Brad Miller wrote:
<MSDS sheets for every chemical product is required by law to be made available. You can simply e-mail myself for a copy of Film Guard's MSDS sheet, or Larry Urbanski for a copy of FilmRenew's MSDS sheet. Past the MSDS sheet, Film Guard's mixture is protected by patent for another 24 years.>
I don't think that people are looking to crack the code to Film Guard, they just want to be safe. If it is a cleaner solvent that they can use within reasonable guidelines.
The MSDS protects the Right to Know Law, established by
OSHA (Occupational Safety Heath Administration) in the USA.
This was also established to help hobbyists use products safely.
Indeed, a MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) are required by law to be made available to the public when they make a request to know about a product. This is a result of workers using products in their daily trade that caused ill effects to their health.
To obtain an MSDS is important to those that question the absorption by direct skin contact and by airborne threshold levels. Most importantly, it is necessary to know how to interpret an MSDS.
The toxicity chart is labeled from 0-4, with zero indicating non traceable levels to four being the highest.
The chart should indicate the type of protection to be used as well.
A MSDS should include the following:
as in FilmRenew.
Section I.
1.Product Class: Petroleum Hydrocarbon
2.Trade Name: Film RENEW
Health:1
Flammability:2
Reactivity: 0
Section II.
It should include a chart for Hazardous Ingredients
which include minimal Threshold levels stated in PPM
(Parts Per Million) Generally speaking, the lower the number, the more concentrated it will be to fill the air in millions. (10,000 ppm) would take a lot to fill the air.
The other sections should include:
Section III.
Emergency and First Aid Procedures
Section IV.
Physical Data
Section V.
Fire and Explosion Data
Section VI.
Health Hazard Data
Section VII.
Reactivity Data
Section VIII.
Spill or Leak Procedures
Section IX.
Safe Handling and Use information
Section X.
Special Precautions
Hobbyists have the right to be knowledgeable and aware when using these products.
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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!
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Brad Miller
Administrator
Posts: 525
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 28, 2004 04:36 AM
Tony, I posted a pdf version of the MSDS a long time ago on the main website and people who have no clue as to how to read an MSDS sheet started panicking thinking it was a concoction that would create a nuclear explosion. It is because of the general public's ignorance on how to read a safety data sheet which is why it is no longer just posted anywhere. However anyone (even if you have not used the product before) is free to email in a request for one, and one will be promptly emailed to you. Every manufacturer HAS to oblige with this request by law, so it's certainly not anything that any manufacturer is trying to hide. However due to the typical response from the general non-thinking public, you will find very few manufacturers bother to put the MSDS online because of this reasoning.
For those who have never read an MSDS sheet before, you should request some for various chemicals you have around the house first though so you will have something to compare with. Get yourself an MSDS for that can of Raid bug spray in your kitchen, perhaps one for that can of paint thinner, maybe one for your can of lighter fluid you use for your charcoal grill out back, and grab one for WD40 while you're at it. These are all readily available from the manufacturers for the asking, and it will give you a better idea of how to properly interpret a safety data sheet by comparing them.
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