| DETON8R |
02-06-2014 07:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by Chassisworks
(Post 533716)
Interesting. All the inside folks, like me, didn't smell anything but the factory smelled like someone was laying up fiberglass for half the day. Our building is pretty well ventilated. I couldn't speak to the condition of the coolant tanks. Just glad I don't have to clean them.
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Different composites have different smells. We machine many different materials, and different things have different odors, especially when there are many different composites being machined on the same machines. The bactericide in fresh coolant is effective for a while, then eventually gets depleted and the odor takes off.
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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab
(Post 533744)
its all about long term exposure, since the effects don't bother you its numbing you. eventually it will kill you.
If average people are effected by it this should be a warning sign for you.
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Long term exposure to odors from bacteriological decomposition of organic material won't kill you, and that's what it was. That was the source and composition of the odor causing stuff in the flood coolant. The odor was no different than some of the odors you would smell at a landfill, especially after a really good rain.
Clearly not what you want to smell in an office but not anything that has any sort of short term or long term health concerns. No way, not possible, sorry, it isn't an odor from some sort of unnatural chemical.
As my High School biology teacher taught me, "Life Stinks" now go clean the rat cage, mouse cage, and chicken coups. Ask the average chicken farmer, the smell won't kill you, but the work might.
Some of the office workers were worried about the odor coming from a chemical with long term health concerns, and air testing proved it was nothing more than odor from bacteria. |
