[Cob] Re: Icynene and isocyanates

[Amanda Peck]

When I was first in the paint department of a large manufacturing plant, 
isocyanates were a fact of life for automotive type paint.  Not everyone is 
affected, but if you are sensitive to them, ANY is too much.  I've never 
been sure if I am, the test at the time had a reputation for being 
unreliable both ways, but I did have severe asthma as long as I stayed in 
the department.  The PAINTERS got fresh air supply in their respirators, 
those of us who worked near the leaky paint booths were told "the air is 
fine for the painters, we don't have to test it outside the booths."  Later 
I asked about isocyanates and was told by the paint rep, "Oh, we don't use 
isocyanates any more, we use POLYISOCYANATES."  I've always assumed that 
meant "we hope they all clump."

So, yes, I'm sure that the Deerwood plant DOES have to meet heavy duty 
environmental standards.

And it may mean that Icynene is not for anyone who MIGHT have an isocyanate 
problem.

That's probably where the name came from, too.
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the Deerwood plant had to meet some of the most stringent environmental 
standards in the wood processing industry."

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