My first welding shirt {FR coated} definitely got less retardant and burn holes
started to happen over time & I switched to a god awful hot leather shirt, not
that I washed it to death.
I think the answer to is it harmful? This depends on your personal take what is
carcinogenetic & what do you consider safe in this world. My 0.02 is the FR
coatings are to be used minimally, judiciously as needed & don't hang around or
sleep in them. They have a purpose and are a requirement in the event of a
mishap but I my take is that the FR coatings are truly nasty.
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From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf
Of jay
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 12:01 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fire rated (FR) gear toxicity?
HI Dana,
Yes I agree.
I suppose my I started questioning this when I was just working at a US embassy
on a array and everyone in the worker sections were wearing FR gear. Which
would be 5 days a week all year, regardless of what they are doing which is
very rarely doing any actual work on live circuits if they even work on any of
the electrical parts of the embassy.
And my questions were: does the FR rating/coating wear out? I would think it
does. And is it harmful to wear it all the time? Which I think it is.
Which is why I”m asking to see if anyone has actual data or seen reports etc on
this.
I should have been more specific and clear on my original email.
jay
> On Feb 5, 2017, at 3:23 AM, Dana <d...@solarwork.com> wrote:
>
> It is at the polar opposite end of the scale from Organic. I have worn quite
> a bit in fire training and the smell alone is a strong indicator. I wear a
> long sleeved separating layer no matter what the day time temps are to
> separate me from that material.
>
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> Dana Orzel - Great Solar Works, Inc
> C : 208.721.7003 : NABCEP # 051112-136 Idaho Contractor - # 028765 :
> Idaho PV # 028374 E - d...@solarwork.com - Web - www.solarwork.biz
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> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.
>
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