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by Ted Mooney
Went to a local joint meeting of the plating societies. The
speaker was excellent and talked about the 'Government Action
Committee', a joint committee of AESF, NAMF, and MFSA which attempts
the laudable work of steering the U.S. government away from
legislating us all out of business.
But on one of the specifics, he nailed the government for wanting a
chromium PEL of 0.5 versus the 100 that it is today. He mocked the
evidence that hex chrome was carcinogenic, and said that the
government picked the number out of a hat and there was no science to
it. So I asked him what the 'Government Action Committee' thought the
PEL ought to be; I got no answer, just a stall.
Look, I don't know if hex chrome is really carcinogenic or
not--but it has been known since 1928 that it is significantly
unhealthful, and causes nasal perforations ("chrome holes") and
chrome ulcers. Nobody is dumb enough to deny this.
As an industry knowing of this problem, where was the
'Business Action Committee' to attempt the laudable work of steering
business toward doing the right thing? Mocking
people for the flaws in their efforts to rectify the situation after we've sat on our hands for 69 years is something we should be
ashamed of.
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