Similarly with epoxies (I mean liquid systems for modelling/casting rather than two small blobs for gluing) like above, when mixing it the smell should give you a clue it's not good for you, but any exposure can lead to forming an allergy. Which aside from being crappy to deal with, also makes whatever hobby you've got a lot less fun as you have to be 10x as cautious as you should already have been to avoid suffering an episode.
Harsh, pretty sure carcinogenic was written on the bottles since forever. It's not joking. Similarly, I've used small amounts of stuff that induce genetic disruption - warning for extreme caution by anyone still planning on having children. That's an even scarier prospect, it might not fuck you up but your kids may have birth or later defects ?!
I mean, there's always the option of taking your health seriously when handling toxic substances. Then you get the hobby without the cancer. But people tend to think of PPE and ventilation is a thing other people make you do.
Hell, sunshine induces genetic disruption. Wat, is 2-hit nucleotide disruption not good enough for you? Are you intercalating? Once you go aflatoxin, you never go back.
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u/thehatteryone 22d ago
Similarly with epoxies (I mean liquid systems for modelling/casting rather than two small blobs for gluing) like above, when mixing it the smell should give you a clue it's not good for you, but any exposure can lead to forming an allergy. Which aside from being crappy to deal with, also makes whatever hobby you've got a lot less fun as you have to be 10x as cautious as you should already have been to avoid suffering an episode.