submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
 

Please, use adequate ventilation (with a heat exchanger if you need to keep A/C in the room) if you're going to be resin printing inside. I don't want to see all of you guys get cancer from this hobby.

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[+] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'd love to have understood any of your funny words magic man.. eli5?

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  • [+] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is flushing it down the toilet going to cause fatbergs or worse?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    No fatbergs, but it's absolutely terrible for the environment in liquid form. If you need to dispose of resin, pour it into a pie tin or something and leave it out in sun for a day or two. After it's solid, chuck it in the garbage.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What is "sensibilization" and why is it not a good thing?

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    They mean sensitization. It's where you react more strongly to exposure the more you're exposed. It's a problem for a couple of reasons. The scary one is some people move along the reaction continuum from "mildly annoying" to "oh shit call an ambulance" pretty fast. It's not common but it happens. I actually have a condition that predisposes me to that so I always carry an epi-pen. Good times.

    The more mundane one is, even with controls to remove fumes and PPE to avoid them, it's not uncommon to still be exposed to a small degree, especially in a hobbyist setting. Let's imagine you're lax on avoiding exposure and become sensitized due to prolonged and/or heavy exposure, so you set up proper controls to try to avoid it. Now the small amount of remaining exposure which may have never been a problem with proper controls may actually become a problem. Now you can't work with that material at all without having some sort of reaction.

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