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Toxic Ski and snowboard wax polluting groundwater???
Has anyone ever thought about this, It does not seem like there would
be a lot, but I suppose any amount might matter? Read this press release, it kind of makes you think. http://www.enviromountain.com/Press_Release.htm |
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Toxic Ski and snowboard wax polluting groundwater???
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:51:38 -0800 (PST), RightEagle
wrote: Has anyone ever thought about this, It does not seem like there would be a lot, but I suppose any amount might matter? Read this press release, it kind of makes you think. http://www.enviromountain.com/Press_Release.htm I think you are Greg Barker or work for him. |
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Toxic Ski and snowboard wax polluting groundwater???
Forget the product, since there's only one ski wax this company shows,
which from a skier's standpoint is not credible in spite of their claims about it being faster (is the site a hoax?). Instead, I'd like to hear more knowledgeable opinions about their pollution claim. Like the OP, I'm wondering if skiing really does flush substantial, or even appreciable, amounts of wax into ground water via the process of ski-snow interaction? And how the hell would you measure that outside of a laboratory? rm John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:51:38 -0800 (PST), RightEagle wrote: Has anyone ever thought about this, It does not seem like there would be a lot, but I suppose any amount might matter? Read this press release, it kind of makes you think. http://www.enviromountain.com/Press_Release.htm I think you are Greg Barker or work for him. |
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Toxic Ski and snowboard wax polluting groundwater???
Around here (Twin Cities) 3M has gotten quite a reputation for dumping
or deposing of barrels of perforinated chemicals into either the river or landfills. On one hand, the employees who've had extensive contact with the chemicals don't seem to show problems and the chemicals are supposed to be inert, but on the other hand, they're showing up all over the globe in very remote places. (My memory is a bit fuzzy on this.) I've wondered if ski waxes could also contribute to the same thing. I have kilos of wax at home and eventually, all that will either end up in a landfill (garbage) or on some xc ski trails. Jay |
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Toxic Ski and snowboard wax polluting groundwater???
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supposed to be inert, Fluorinated carbons like teflon are indeed inert at room temperature, but from what I remember, outgas a fosgen analog when heated up. Theoretically, the transition to the outgassing regime can be smooth, so one can imagine outgassing to begin at iron temperatures. I wonder if anyone has performed measurements. I have baked teflon at 100 degs C under mild vacuum and I got it to outgas quite well. Google "polymer fever". |
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