[Leica] chemicals and computer screen?

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Julian Koplen offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] chemicals and computer screen?


> Ted,
>
> If there is significant exposure to nitrites in the darkroom, a prolonged
> period away from them, followed by a new exposure to them, could
> theoretically cause headache.
>
> Does this make sense in terms of the chemicals you were handling?  I must
> admit, though, that if this were the case, it seems such an occurrence 
> would
> be common knowledge by now.  Anyway, just my two cents worth of 
> speculation.
>
> And this is a good chance for me to tell you how much I enjoy and 
> appreciate
> your "lessons" on the LUG.<,

Hi Julian,
Thank you mon ami, much appreciated for both comments.

I find it quite strange to have worked in darkrooms of all sizes for 55 
years and in many locations around the world while never experiencing this 
headache thing previously. Obviously there's something causing it and makes 
one wonder if there has been some collective "chemical assimilating" these 
many years? And with the break of many months to digital - computer printing 
followed  by the exposure to chemistry it begins to show an accumulation has 
built up.

Leaves one to wonder about a couple of buddies who developed lung cancer 
from the days of "powder preparing darkroom chemicals" and went to the big 
darkroom in the sky before the advent of digital printing :-(

Must look into this somewhere, as at the moment we do have a considerable 
amount of darkroom time before us over the next couple of months.

Thanks for you comment on this matter.
ted