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> Our problem was Chrome-6, a chemical the municipality found in the paint from the building that was applied 40 years ago. Which meant we had to leave the work
by kazinator 1y ago
> Our problem was Chrome-6, a chemical the municipality found in the paint from the building that was applied 40 years ago. Which meant we had to leave the workspace fast, and the building was large, we had a lot of machines and items to sell, in a short amount of time, during lockdowns. This meant we had to sell many things below value since that period most people were looking to buy bread machines, not robot arms.
That's an asshole thing to do. Nothing is more petty than municipal politics, especially if amplified by a pandemic.
"The sky is going to fall if something isn't done about the 40-year-old Chrome-6! Everyone must GTF out of that building, right NOW!"
- colechristensen 1y agoI assume they mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexavalent_chromium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexavalent_chromium which indeed is quite toxic, not allowing businesses to operate where their workers could be exposed to carcinogens is very reasonable and not at all petty municipal politics.
- kazinator 1y agoThere is absolutely no reason to have a cow over this stuff being present in existing paint, unless it is chalking, or being sanded. Not to the extent that everyone has to evacuate immediately and sell their badly needed equipment for below market value. It's a dick move.
- Joel_Mckay 1y agoMost places that ran plating treatments are toxic waste sites. Site remediation is slow and really expensive, but better than organ failure or cancer. Chrome salts can be particularly bad with low LD50 ratings. =3