[RE-wrenches] Fire rated (FR) gear toxicity?

[Dan Fink]

We could get into the weeds with "integral" and "treated" FR clothing. And
laundering regimes of such. Kid's PJs are either or, by law. I just wear
other clothing underneath it, The worst is Nomex firefighter gear, the
yellow shirts. Just don't let it touch your skin.

Dan Fink
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On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Chris Schaefer <chris at solarandwindfx.com>
wrote:

> After 8 years as aircrew in the Marine Corps, we wore FR flight suits
> daily. While there are those that might say I'm a little off :) no medical
> issues nor I'm I on any meds. Only time will tell.
>
> Christopher Schaefer
>
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Dana <Dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
>
>> My first welding shirt {FR coated} definitely got less retardant and burn
>> holes started to happen over time & I switched to a god awful hot leather
>> shirt, not that I washed it to death.
>> I think the answer to is it harmful? This depends on your personal take
>> what is carcinogenetic & what do you consider safe in this world. My 0.02
>> is the FR coatings are to be used minimally, judiciously as needed & don't
>> hang around or sleep in them. They have a purpose and are a requirement in
>> the event of a mishap but I my take is that the FR coatings are truly nasty.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
>> Behalf Of jay
>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 12:01 AM
>> To: RE-wrenches
>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fire rated (FR) gear toxicity?
>>
>> HI Dana,
>>
>> Yes I agree.
>> I suppose my I started questioning this when I was just working at a US
>> embassy on a array and everyone in the worker sections were wearing FR
>> gear.  Which would be 5 days a week all year, regardless of what they are
>> doing which is very rarely doing any actual work on live circuits if they
>> even work on any of the electrical parts of the embassy.
>>
>> And my questions were:  does the FR rating/coating wear out?  I would
>> think it does.  And is it harmful to wear it all the time?  Which I think
>> it is.
>>
>> Which is why I”m asking to see if anyone has actual data or seen reports
>> etc on this.
>>
>> I should have been more specific and clear on my original email.
>>
>> jay
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 5, 2017, at 3:23 AM, Dana <Dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > It is at the polar opposite end of the scale from Organic. I have worn
>> quite a bit in fire training and the smell alone is a strong indicator. I
>> wear a long sleeved separating layer no matter what the day time temps are
>> to separate me from that material.
>> >
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