Mike,
MoS2 is molybdenun disulfide and is a graphite substitute in lubricants.
While I would not recommend eating it, getting a bit of moly containing
grease on your hands shouldn't be particularly hazardous.
At 01:01 PM 9/10/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-09-08 21:12:28 EDT, munrof@isys.ca writes:
>
><< I was at this stage (grease up to my wrists) when my wife came along,
>picked
> up the tube of CV grease, and commented "Did you see this warning label?".
> Something to the effect that the grease contained toxic lead compounds and
> to avoid all skin contact. Hmm. Out came the surgeons gloves for the rest of
> the job. Somehow I missed that warning label. >>
>
>I checked on mine last night. On the tube of grease provided in the Lobro kit
>there are no warnings at all and no MSDS sheet. It did say something like
MOS2
>which I have seen on other containers of moly grease. Maybe they have come up
>with a substitute for lead? Graphite? Otherwise I guess I got another
>cumulative dose of lead...that explains things ;-)
>
>Mike Veglia
>87 5kcstq
>
>
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Bob
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