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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:28:25 -0400
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From: ILPI <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM>
Subject: Re: Latex Glove degeneration
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20040726163538.024cc578**At_Symbol_Here**scarlet.ucdavis.edu>
Ozone. Sources include mog, electrical motors, laser printers (which
really pump the stuff out), lab generator (unlikely to affect the
whole building), photocopiers, "air cleaners" (those that generate
the stuff; yeeesh), electrostatic precipitators etc.. If present,
it should likely be accompanied by some of the symptoms of sick
building syndrome - eye/lung/nose/throat irritation etc. I consider
it unlikely in a building with good air turnover, but you asked for
the outrageous.
A good place to start is the EPA's Indoor Air Quality web site.
Here's one pertinent ref from it:
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html
Have you had the air tested?
Best regards,
Rob Toreki
>Hi Gang:
>
>Excusing the cross-posting.... We have researchers whose latex gloves,
>rubber bands and other latex-containing articles degrade at an alarming
>rate. This is annoying. Lately, a photographer in this building has found
>her images degrading as well. This is now causing consternation amongst
>building occupants.
>
>All the obvious have been checked - it is a laboratory building with
>one-pass air and the degradation is not localized to a single floor or lab.
>
>Ideas? Don't be shy about suggesting the outrageous.
>
>Thanks,
>Debbie
>
>
>
>Debbie Decker
>EH&S UCDavis
>(530)754-7964
>dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu
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>can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."
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