Health Risk of Pyro

[steve simmons]

There has been so much BS about pyro posted all over the net and in some magazines that View Camera and CamraArts have posted a rational and considered essay on its health aspects. The article is in the Free Article section of both web sites

www.viewcamera.com

www.cameraartscom

This article was written by Richard Knoppow and we have posted it with his permission.

steve simmons

[Andrew O'Neill]

Sorry Steve, but I looked and couldn't find the article in either site.

[Ralph Barker]

I couldn't find it indexed in the free section on either site, Steve. Do you have a direct link?

[steve simmons]

I sent it to our web master a couple of hours ago. It will be up soon.

steve

[ronald lamarsh]

Steve: Thank you for being such a good member of the community

[Andrew O'Neill]

ain't there yet...

[Bill_1856]

That's about the most uninformative article I've ever read. Basically it says that Pyro could be toxic in large quantities, but it may or may not be in small quantities, and no long term exposure sutdies have ever been done. Oh yeah, it stains everything brown, but don't use Latex gloves. That's about it.

[Chad Jarvis]

Pyro killed Weston! Or was it that Mikey kid from the Life cereal commercials? No wait. That was Pop Rocks...

[Bill_1856]

Pyro must be deadly. Every photographer born before 1900 who used Pyro is now dead. This includes Weston, Burke-White, Steiglitz, Porter, and Brady.

[steve simmons]

That's about the most uninformative article I've ever read. Basically it says that Pyro could be toxic in large quantities, but it may or may not be in small quantities, and no long term exposure sutdies have ever been done. Oh yeah, it stains everything brown, but don't use Latex gloves. That's about it.

--Bill, 2004-06-15 11:09:02 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You got it!! All of those people saying pyro causes this and that are blowing smoke. There is no evidence that when used as a developiong agent in liquid form that there is any greater risk than other common photo chemicals.

steve simmons