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Re: pole pig needed

Mike,
   Others on the list have expressed strong feelings about PCBs. In
deference to
those who have more experience with this issue, it looks like it's probably
best
to stay on the safe side of the things and recommend to beginners that they
avoid
PCB pigs, if for no other reason than to avoid any legal hassles.  The EPA
is the
SS like in their mercilessness.
   The whole point is probably moot anyway. The serious Coilest
("Coilest"?) will
probably be willing to give T&R a call and shell out the cash. That's what
I did.
   Dave Hartwick

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 2/6/99 5:34:23 AM Mountain Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> >    Seriously though, It's hard to imagine a coiler with PCB "awareness"
> >  exposing
> >  himself in a way that would result in  deleterious PCB effects.
> >
> >  Dave Hartwick
> >  [I should note that I'm generally appalled by a country that's gone
out-of-
> > its
> >  mind with safety consciousness. Environmentalists have succeeded in
> >  producing in
> >  the populace a "Chemical-Phobia". All chemicals are bad--Period.
> >     Could we return to logic and reason?]
> >
> >
> Dave,
>    I will have to agree with you on this.   The reason PCB's are an
> environmental problem is that they are so stable that the only way to
> decompose them is in a high temperature reactor.  If they get spilled
onto the
> ground, they just stay there forever, making the ground unsuitable for
plants
> to grow.
>    Those who used to work on transformers in the old days would probably
> immerse their hands and arms in the oil and over about 20 years or so,
develop
> skin cancer.  That can happen with just about any organic chemical on
> continuous or repeated exposure.  Gasoline is far worse than PCB's in that
> regard.  It is just that the EPA created a stigma about PCB's.
>     Nowday's just about every chemical seems to have a warning label on it
> saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer.   I
figure
> I'll just stay away from there and I'll be ok :o)
> Mike