In general you should never dispose any chemicals by flushing it in the toilet or throwing it in the bin. In our country chemicals and product containing chemicals (TL PL light bulbs, batteries, paint, electronics) are collected at specialized collection points. Very little effort.
Used fixer contains dissolved silver. Dissolved silver as silver ions isn't the same stuff as silver as a metal. Silver metal is non toxic, in fact some claim silver is good for your health because it has antibacterial properties. Put it in your socks and your family has cleaner air. Silver as an ion is toxic. Silver ions won't kill you instantly (like gold ions would), why would you risk anything if the alternative is very simple: collect the stuff and dispose of it properly? Some health products claim it contains dissolved silver they should claim it contains nanoparticals or colloids of silver metal. Developer is also a chemical (a very reactive chemical) Why would you flush it in the toilet if the package claims to avoid skin contact? Toine On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toine" Subject: Re: Used fixer? > > >> It's a very very very bad idea to flush any chemicals down the toilet. >> Silver ions are highly toxic and organic chemicals from developer >> react with other bioorganic waste resulting in very toxic chemicals. > > I'm going to ask you to back this up with citations. > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
