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To: wags@pa*.co*
To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: O2 Service Tanks and Regs. (again)
From: Michael.Walz@di*.ep*.ch* (Michael Walz)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 95 20:13:51 +0200

wags@pa*.co* wrote:

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> Please remember, as was noted by the people at DCIEM, trichloroethene 111
> is a chemical which can appear to be removed from the cylinder, yet be
> released once the cylinder is pressurized causing the user to have severe
> headaches.  Anyone who is still using trichloro..., please pressurize the
> cylinder with at least 200 PSI, crack the valve and smell the air, if you
> smell trichloro repeat the procedure until you smell nothing to avoid 
> breathing a known toxic chemical.
> 
> Because of the toxicity of this chemical and the requirements for disposal
> it is outlawed in many states of the USA and is highly taxed in others
> (NJ for example) and will probably not be available in the near future to
> the public.  Many of the training agencies and NOAA have switched to 
> alternative cleaning chemicals.

What alternative cleaning chemicals ? I'd be interested.

Michael Walz
walz@la*.ep*.ch*

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