Ingest 36 grams??? Who among us has ever ingested any?Originally Posted by ic-racer
And to our members who are rats... Don't eat Amidol.
Every chemical on the planet is lethal in sufficient quantity, including water.
This thread belongs in the garbage, not the lounge.
- Leigh
Crossing the street will kill you. Don't look, don't listen, just pick a busy street and pop out there from between two parked cars. You can drown in your bathtub, it's easy.
Don't try for a Darwin award, use some forethought, and life becomes much safer.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Pyro is the natural antidote for Amidol. Used together in sequence they are not toxic.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
Just in case someone as naive as the OP reads this, note that Dr. Mitchell is being facetious.
If perchance you swallow lye, just chase it with a little battery acid.
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
Evan's being just as facetious.If perchance you swallow lye, just chase it with a little battery acid.
The primary use of amidol is in pharmaceuticals, not in photography. So of course it
is not intended to be carelessly handled. It's a rather heavy power so I doubt many
of us inhale it. I'd also hope that all of us know what a pair of nitrile or vinyl gloves are, and how to wash our hands after a darkroom session before eating. In the old
day people soaked their hands in everything from developers to pesticides and lead
based paint, and often paid a price for it.
Water will kill you, if you drink enough of it.
Actually if we are going to be propagating conjecture, urban legends and the expert opinions of people without credentials, then Photoshop may be indeed more dangerous!
Risk of DVT and prolonged sitting
Risk of nearsightedness from bright screen on dark background
Risk of inhaling aerosolized ink printer dyes
Risk of electrocution plugging everything in
Risk of carpal tunnel
Risk of electromagnetic radiation
etc....Better question than "which is safer" is "who cares?"What conjecture?
With all the hard facts available, it would be dangerously idiotic to negate Amidol's (as well as some other chemicals' used in photography) toxicity.
On the other hand, comparing that with Photoshop would be only amusingly so...
I also fly small airplanes which, statistically, compares closely (but slightly favorably) with riding motorcycles. Driving cars is safer. Flying commercially is MUCH safer. Safer still would be wrapping myself in bubble wrap and lying quietly on the floor (so one can't fall) at home. The options of flying an airplane myself versus lying quietly on the floor compare pretty similarly on the "fun factor" to me with working in a darkroom versus Photoshop.(Not saying this is true for everyone of course. I know people who hate darkroom work or merely tolerate it. To each their own.)
More importantly, the dangers with even a modicum of care don't compare. Flying is just one of several things I do (bicycling on the road, heck, hiking in the woods with the camera) that are considerably more dangerous than working in a darkroom if just sensible precautions are taken. We all do dangerous things every day. Be careful, but don't be silly about it. Nervous Nellies are no fun and generally have no fun. To quote Jimmy Buffet, "I'd rather die when I'm living than live when I'm dead."
Exactly so.
The risks of amidol (or any other substance) are worth knowing about and not underestimating so that reasonable precautions can be taken. Such are probably a bit more with amidol than with MQ or PQ developers, naturally enough.
I thought everyone knew that a base would neutralise an acid?
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
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