Killing mold/Mildew? (was AC Unusual smell); long

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In a message dated 6/7/2002 5:18:25 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
robert at s-cars.org writes:


> I guy told me he used formaldehyde (forgive the spelling)
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> Use at your own risk, though.
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> Caution - carcinogen and rather toxic.  Also flammable.  Rather nasty stuff.
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I spent 9 years as a Histology Tech in Pathology Labs with this egregious
stuff. I actually became sensitized to it (meaning became allergic to it),
and _had_ to find another profession. This is quite common in Histology.
Formaldehyde is referred to as a "quick kill agent". That is what makes it
the chemical of choice for preserving "specimens" including cadavers. It is
the primary ingredient of embalming fluid.
On a snowy winter day we had a formaldehyde spill in the lab, that I cleaned
up. When I got into the car to drive home, my shoes with some residue of the
earlier spill now wetted with melting snow filled the interior with such
strong fumes- helped by the heater- that I had to pull over since my eyes
were watering so terribly.
I would advise strongly against having it in a car for any reason.
A lab we worked with was in fact sued by the Post Office for sending a heart
specimen to us that leaked formaldehyde into the Postman's Jeep on his route.
Without proper labeling he was non-plused.
It is indeed _nasty_ stuff.
Sorry for the length of this. Just a lot of personal experience here.

Dennis
Denver
"Good judgment is a result of experience, which is often the result of poor
judgment"