Re: TOXIC CABLES

["Jon Campbell" <jon@cqs.com>]

I had a discussion with a technical sales guy from a cable manufacturer the
other day, who happened to be eating in the same Chinese restaurant as I was
and overheard a conversation I was having with my daughter on environment...

He told me that, categorically, PVC is used as sheathing on cable for
ECONOMIC reasons only. All of the other, non-toxic coverings (which are
apparently available today), are superior to PVC in one or more ways -
structural strength, creep resistance, fire retardancy, smoke generation,
etc.

Just a data point and my 2c
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Tweedale <ttweed@wildrockies.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L <dioxin-l@essential.org>
Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 2:35 AM
Subject: TOXIC CABLES


>http://saxophone.agora.com/Tutorials/Toxic_Cabling.html
>
>is a qualitative but serious looking (I haven't read it yet) medium length
>discussion of halogenated cable sheaths, w/ a neat .gif in the middle
>showing the inhalation  LC50's for burning halogenated (more sensitive
>LC50) vs. nonhalogenated (less sensitive) cables.
>
>Tony Tweedale
>
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