Sadly, I think most of the general public knew very little about the dangers of some of the products they were using as solvents back in the 50s and even much later.
Gasoline is absolutely not suitable as a solvent for cleaning - it's pretty nasty stuff and you should minimise your contact with it.
There wsre loads of highly dangerous practices, chemicals and appliances back in the "good old days".
Everything from solvent use to burning gas appliances that vented straight into rooms, smoking and all sorts of crazy cosmetics that would be banned now.
And that was before you looked at work place safety and environmental emissions from industry! Not to mention plenty of nuclear materials being fired into the atmosphere in the name of military testing by various countries.
Widespread use of coal in this part of the world too, little or no emissions standards for gasoline engines etc etc etc
We are much more aware and highly regulated about volatiles and solvents these days. The amount of times however, I hear people complaining about modern paints annoys me. Your woodwork might take a little longer to dry than in 1977, but it's a lot better than dealing with inhaling dangerous solvents!
Quick drying skirtings (baseboards) or cancer?! ...
I wonder will we see a peak and fall away in cancer rates as the generations exposed to that stuff dwindle and younger generations have had a much healthier environment.
Gasoline is absolutely not suitable as a solvent for cleaning - it's pretty nasty stuff and you should minimise your contact with it.
There wsre loads of highly dangerous practices, chemicals and appliances back in the "good old days".
Everything from solvent use to burning gas appliances that vented straight into rooms, smoking and all sorts of crazy cosmetics that would be banned now.
And that was before you looked at work place safety and environmental emissions from industry! Not to mention plenty of nuclear materials being fired into the atmosphere in the name of military testing by various countries.
Widespread use of coal in this part of the world too, little or no emissions standards for gasoline engines etc etc etc
We are much more aware and highly regulated about volatiles and solvents these days. The amount of times however, I hear people complaining about modern paints annoys me. Your woodwork might take a little longer to dry than in 1977, but it's a lot better than dealing with inhaling dangerous solvents!
Quick drying skirtings (baseboards) or cancer?! ...
I wonder will we see a peak and fall away in cancer rates as the generations exposed to that stuff dwindle and younger generations have had a much healthier environment.
