Fiber optic safety gloves
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Posted by lauren@laurenchild.net on September 6, 2005, 9:24 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can find a supplier of fiber optic safety gloves? I have a bundle of single mode fiber that I need to deal with and can't find anywhere selling the safety gloves any more. Is there a reason why so many places have stopped selling them? Ta Lauren | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Perkowski on September 6, 2005, 2:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options lauren@laurenchild.net wrote: Probably cause a lot of people dont use them. LOL I never do. If I do get some fiber into my skin, I take out the old razor blade and dig it out! LOL | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by dg on October 4, 2005, 4:10 pm
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> lauren@laurenchild.net wrote:
>> Is there a reason why so many places have stopped selling them?
>> >> Ta >> Lauren >> >
> Probably cause a lot of people dont use them. LOL I never do. If I do > get some fiber into my skin, I take out the old razor blade and dig it > out! LOL While the problem does not seem widespread, I have heard horror stories about bits of fiber piercing the skin and getting into a vein, then causing major health problems. That stuff is no joke. Same thing can happen with hypodermic needles, if broken off in the body they can cause SERIOUS injury and death from moving through the blood system. Again, it doesn't seem to be a widespread problem with fiber but the fact that it can happen scares me. I always try my best to find a broken off piece of fiber, it really bugs me to not find it-later in the day at home I will rub my eye or something and then get paranoid about that piece of fiber somehow being stuck to me all day then getting in my eye. Yuck. --Dan | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Perkowski on October 6, 2005, 9:47 am
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dg wrote: >
>>lauren@laurenchild.net wrote:
>> >>>Is there a reason why so many places have stopped selling them?
>>> >>>Ta >>>Lauren >>> >>
>>Probably cause a lot of people dont use them. LOL I never do. If I do >>get some fiber into my skin, I take out the old razor blade and dig it >>out! LOL >
Dan,
> > While the problem does not seem widespread, I have heard horror stories > about bits of fiber piercing the skin and getting into a vein, then causing > major health problems. That stuff is no joke. Same thing can happen with > hypodermic needles, if broken off in the body they can cause SERIOUS injury > and death from moving through the blood system. > > Again, it doesn't seem to be a widespread problem with fiber but the fact > that it can happen scares me. I always try my best to find a broken off > piece of fiber, it really bugs me to not find it-later in the day at home I > will rub my eye or something and then get paranoid about that piece of fiber > somehow being stuck to me all day then getting in my eye. Yuck. > > --Dan > > I hear what ya saying. I have yet to get it that deep into the skin. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by J-McC on October 6, 2005, 5:45 pm
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These small particles are very dangerous. People who work with carbon fibre material must be very carefull to prevent thin fibres entering the skin as this stuff is brittle and can enter the circulation system with bad results. J McC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:47:32 -0400, Perkowski >dg wrote:
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>>>lauren@laurenchild.net wrote:
>>> >>>>Is there a reason why so many places have stopped selling them? >>>> >>>>Ta >>>>Lauren >>>> >>> >>>Probably cause a lot of people dont use them. LOL I never do. If I do >>>get some fiber into my skin, I take out the old razor blade and dig it >>>out! LOL >>
>> >> While the problem does not seem widespread, I have heard horror stories >> about bits of fiber piercing the skin and getting into a vein, then causing >> major health problems. That stuff is no joke. Same thing can happen with >> hypodermic needles, if broken off in the body they can cause SERIOUS injury >> and death from moving through the blood system. >> >> Again, it doesn't seem to be a widespread problem with fiber but the fact >> that it can happen scares me. I always try my best to find a broken off >> piece of fiber, it really bugs me to not find it-later in the day at home I >> will rub my eye or something and then get paranoid about that piece of fiber >> somehow being stuck to me all day then getting in my eye. Yuck. >> >> --Dan >> >> >Dan,
> >I hear what ya saying. I have yet to get it that deep into the skin. | |||||||||||||||||||
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> Can anyone tell me where I can find a supplier of fiber optic safety
> gloves? I have a bundle of single mode fiber that I need to deal with
> and can't find anywhere selling the safety gloves any more.
>
> Is there a reason why so many places have stopped selling them?
>
> Ta
> Lauren
>