I know and hope no one took my words literately. I bought this stuff around
1980, and still have the bottle. I never liked it, and after I had finished
my chemistry classes as an undergrad I did not even consider using it any
more. But it is still there, brown bottle with the yellow Kodak label on
it.
Instead I just used 96% EtOH, and never had any problems, but the best
method was just to make sure nothing happened to the negatives.
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:08 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: cleaning negatives
> Trichlorethelene, aka TCE. Nasty stuff. IBM (and most other
> manufacturers) used the stuff heavily in the 60's and 70's as
> degreasers. In IBM's case in circuit board manufacture. Lots of it got
> into the ground about 5 miles from where I'm sitting and today there are
> hundreds of houses surrounding the IBM plant in Endicott, NY that have
> special venting wells, tubes and exhaust fans to try to dissipate the
> TCE plume that has been moving with the ground water for decades. The
> EPA and the NY state equivalent are actively working on the case and a
> study of former employees for adverse health effects is about to get
> started.
>
> Be careful.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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