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Re: R-22 a hazard?
According to a report found at the following URL, freon is "not safe
for humans". I'm not sure of the articles source in making that statement.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn06/wn06-2/wn06-202.html
Also see:
http://www.broward.org/tmi02917.htm
The above sources (and several others) were found doing a basic search in
google using (phosgene freon) as keywords.
In a previous life [sic], I was an auto mechanic. The A/C leak
detectors in use at one time (propane tanks with a 'sniffer' tube and
reactor plate) were banned because they produced phosgene (mustard gas),
caused by the degradation (burning/reaction with heat) of freon (in
automotive use, the freon used was R-12).
Tom Mueller
"Do not read good books--
Life is too short for that--only read the best.
And of these only read what gives you the greatest pleasure."
Abbe Dimnet, in
"The Art of Thinking."
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