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This doesn't seem to prove it's unsafe unless you consider irritated skin a safety issue. In that case don't go outside as there are many things more irritating
by SigmundA 10y ago
This doesn't seem to prove it's unsafe unless you consider irritated skin a safety issue. In that case don't go outside as there are many things more irritating like say the sun (which actually causes cancer).
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoI don't know why one would consider skin irritation not to be a safety issue, you wear gloves when using such chemicals. Just claiming it is "safe" means people don't know they need to wear gloves. The sun is cancer causing, but knowing that means we can take precautions. Claiming exposure to UV rays in the sun is not harmful would be foolishly misleading. Just because there are greater harms doesn't mean something is "safe", yes people have different cut-offs, so comparatives are good (which toxicologists seem quite capable of using; median lethal dose, etc.).
- SigmundA 10y agoI consider sandpaper safe, yet it's also a skin irritant and I would not eat it. "Safe" does not convey anything about wearing gloves or not, and the term should not be thrown around without understanding what is meant by it. I think most people would say going outside in the sun is "safe", but most also know there is more to that than a binary "good" or "bad", "safe" or "toxic". You however seem to be using the term in binary form.