Posted on 11/14/2011 2:50:52 PM PST by decimon
An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease.
Researchers found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's in individuals exposed in the workplace to trichloroethylene (TCE).
Although many uses for TCE have been banned around the world, the chemical is still used as a degreasing agent.
The research was based on analysis of 99 pairs of twins selected from US data records.
Parkinson's can result in limb tremors, slowed movement and speech impairment, but the exact cause of the disease is still unknown, and there is no cure.
Research to date suggests a mix of genetic and environmental factors may be responsible. A link has previously been made with pesticide use.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Used to contain carbon tet. According to the Wikipedia entry, that's now part of some German company.
I wonder if this is what they used at the printing company my husband worked at in the 90’s? He used to come home reeking, head to toe, of solvents.
I used all kinds of chemicals for years in screen printing, mostly in the cleanup of specialty inks etc. Various thinners and retarders, xylene, acetone, and whatever the frack they put in screen opener (that was the only stuff I found nasty).
Trichloroethylene? Could be. I'm pretty sure that carbon tet had been banned by then.
Yuck! Actually I’m probably worse when it comes to holding onto food items then my mom is. My wife gets all worried about eating baked beans out of a can marked Best by Aug. 2006, and I try to convince her that cans are good FOR EVER! (She isn’t convinced! Smart gal I suppose.)
Although some of the stuff in mom’s medicine cabinet is pretty old - I think I used some Vick’s Vaperub to clear up my sinuses the last time I was there - the date on it was from the sixties.
I did just talk to my mom an hour ago and asked her what the cleanser was called. “Oh I don’t know - I just always called it Carbon Tet. And boy did it smell bad! But they don’t sell it anymore - did you spill something on your carpet?” LOL!
Ah very cute and sweet!
Well your mom probably used all kinds of stuff that's banned now and has made it to her 90's. Among other hazards growing up and as an adult, my dad used to wear asbestos fire suits in the military. He can remember being covered in asbestos dust. He's 81. Oh well, I'm not going to worry about what's gonna get me anymore. Just going to figure I'm made of the same tough fiber as my ancestors.
I don’t like to eat things that are too much over the Best by date (a year is about my limit) but most of it is just because of taste and not that it’s going to kill you. I have noticed that some of the Campbell soup’s get pretty funky looking around their best buy date, so I usually throw those out just going by appearance.
and the 80’s. My RADAR maintenance shop had it on benchstock.
“Just going to figure I’m made of the same tough fiber as my ancestors.”
My old man (WW II Navy so no doubt the TCE, asbestoes, etc.) died years ago at 71 years old with leukemia and lung cancer. And his dad at 72 IIRC. I’m hoping to have more of my mom’s genes! (Her mom lived to 99 and died in her sleep living in her home alone and taking care of herself).
Yes, we’ll definitely root for you taking after your maternal side. Sorry about your dad.
So...we’d painted some maintenance stands in the transfer bay.
Of COURSE, we laid down tarps first!
But, as enlisted folks are want to do....not enough!
So, what to do about cleaning up the overspray off of the sealed concrete?
Nothin’ a couple gallons of MEK in a mop bucket couldn’t solve!
About 30 minutes later, a few “impaired” GI’s had to go outside for some air...~~~~~~~
TCE has been used in paints, glue, carpet cleaners, dry-cleaning solutions and as a degreaser. It has been banned in the food and pharmaceutical industries in most regions of the world since the 1970s, due to concerns over its toxicity.
Solvent exposures and parkinson disease risk in twins
My undergraduate major was chemistry, and I worked in a lab. I doubt that any of the solvents mentioned on the thread have been totally banned, just restricted.
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