will edwards on tue 8 may 01
Hello,
This has created an alarmed position already. Too late to retract anythin=
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once it gets past our moderator. (Been there before, will be there again)=
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Thousands upon thousands of people have participated in salt firings and =
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if
they are any information available that reflect mortality I would love to=
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see
it. Mortality stands with each day you drive a car or walk down the road=
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are exposed till death with many things such as potential viral/bacterial=
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lung
infections which may or may not be already harboring in ones system prior=
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to
whatever they may be doing when the sickness reaches a certain level or
action. Read the archived information on salt firing and then consider th=
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odd's. Random exchanges like this creates a whirl-pool which is hard to p=
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ut
into perspective. Also toxicology information from a toxicologist would m=
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ake
more sense than a hazard guess. And I still believe "IF" they were any
extraordinary toxins being released they would be much different from kil=
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n to
kiln and firing to firing based on the materials and clay involved in the=
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kiln
itself. A basic oxidation firing would also make a person hack and cough
should they stand there and breath the fumes from a kiln in operation. Co=
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mmon
sense tells us not to sniff fumes from anything burning. Leaves, wood, mo=
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oil, kilns etc...Wear a respirator if you are salting the kiln that is
approved for fumes when in doubt. Then enjoy the firing!
I also went back and read Nils lou's reporting on sodium vapors from a 19=
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97
post which lay in the archive and feel that report is a better source tha=
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most I have read and seems like a good place to start learning from. =3D
Look under
kilns & firing - salt & soda
1 5 dec 97 salt kilns and the environment =3D
4 4 dec 97 salt kilns and the enviroment =3D
Hydrochloric acid levels in ambient air usually do not exceed 0.01 mg/m3.=
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Should anyone have quantitive evaluations sampled from a salt firing that=
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exceeds this number please let me know. It would be most interesting to k=
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now
what level we might get based on sodiums ability to linger around or spre=
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ad
out during such firings. Once it hits the air how much is left in the
immediate surroundings? How far back do we need to stand? It all changes =
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the clay, kiln and amount of salt. Define the factors and eliminate
theorecticals. Safety involves common sense and willingness to make use o=
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it.
Vince is much more deserving than the replies he got from Ivor and John f=
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his past, present and future participation in this great art. Good
teachers/potters are hard to come by and I have seen several not willing =
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to
hold their ground and just leave. Of course I don't think Vince would do =
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that
but lets not try to make an example here! Many more great contributions h=
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been added than subtracted by trying to play fair in this political ball =
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park.
(Hence the time I mistakingly placed MnO where MgO was meant to be.) I ha=
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chance of fixing that one and wore it like a dog collar archived for the =
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world
to see. Even though the toxic value was no where near worthy of all the
replies it got. Lab results are what I go by!
William Edwards
Alchemy 101 - The dumb one in the bunch. But curious!
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