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Post by resistor1 on Jun 24, 2011 1:35:29 GMT 9
 Would like to know if any MA-1 Mockup troops have had any health problems because of the use of Trichlorethylene for cleaning electronic units ? Bad Stuff! Google search link for Trichlorethyleneadded Google search link
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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 24, 2011 4:01:14 GMT 9
Damn good question for us all as I read about 6 months ago a report suggesting that cleaning solvents use regularly make one predisposed to health issues like diabetes and other things.
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Post by lindel on Jun 24, 2011 5:31:42 GMT 9
We used MEK at the Griff. Probably not any better, if not worse, but no ill effects that I'm aware of.
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Post by resistor1 on Jun 24, 2011 6:51:55 GMT 9
I have read that there is a connection between TCE and Parkinson's Disease.
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Post by LBer1568 on Jun 24, 2011 23:39:11 GMT 9
I developed psoriasis after years of using TCE and MKE for cleaning electronics components. VA claims they have no relationship to skin disorders. B ut everytime I went to clinic they gave me medical excuse to not use TCE or MKE until skin cleared up.
But I also developed cataracts in both eyes at age 40. Doctor said I was way to young to have them and Radar/Comm transmissions are known to have caused premature cataracts. I also had retina separations in both eyes over last 10 years.
VA says no link to our exposure to flightling radiations from electronic devices. For the first 5 years I worked MA-1 Flightline there were no Danger Zones. It was about 1968 whern they started controlling radiations.
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Post by resistor1 on Jun 26, 2011 9:18:29 GMT 9
Yes, about 1968 they started giving us RF Blankets for the radomes on the flightline. Before then we were absorbing alot of RF.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2011 10:10:00 GMT 9
NOW you tell me!!!!
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Post by bear (Deceased) on Jul 8, 2011 20:48:43 GMT 9
Mock-up RADAR When it mock-up was up and transmiitting the florsent lites would go erraitic, so everyone in the mock-up area were getting scan with RF energy. On the flight line we,d take and lock-on to the NF2 lite with the IR, slave the RADAR ant, and then go turn the lite cart OFF, the lite you were lock-on to would stay on. Of couse then we would call AGE to figure out what was wrong with the cart. It would light a neon glow tube out about 50 to 70 feet . It a wonder any of us had kids. Working on airplanes with hanger doors closed, plenty of RF bouncing around.
Bear MA-1 61 to 81
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 22:15:45 GMT 9
that's why we got paid the big bucks lol
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Post by jimpadgett on Jul 8, 2011 22:29:34 GMT 9
That's why the light carts gave us so much trouble. No wonder the cops liked to get in them to keep warm and to get a glow on. No mutations that I heard of though.
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Post by lindel on Jul 16, 2011 2:03:18 GMT 9
I developed psoriasis after years of using TCE and MKE for cleaning electronics components. VA claims they have no relationship to skin disorders. B ut everytime I went to clinic they gave me medical excuse to not use TCE or MKE until skin cleared up. But I also developed cataracts in both eyes at age 40. Doctor said I was way to young to have them and Radar/Comm transmissions are known to have caused premature cataracts. I also had retina separations in both eyes over last 10 years. VA says no link to our exposure to flightling radiations from electronic devices. For the first 5 years I worked MA-1 Flightline there were no Danger Zones. It was about 1968 whern they started controlling radiations. Now that you mention it, I also have psoriasis on my hands...I wonder... |
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Post by buckeyemike on Jan 19, 2012 5:46:01 GMT 9
Having to type this stuff with your nose isn't a clue?
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Post by Roger Pion on Feb 2, 2012 3:49:52 GMT 9
I used that stuff a lot and so far have no bad side effects. Other than the brain damage.
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Post by sixerviper on Feb 5, 2012 12:38:23 GMT 9
Over the years in the VaANG, we've had what I think is an unusual number of older crew chiefs, and some not so old, die of fairly rare forms of cancer. I have no scientific proof, and I'm not a doctor, but I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if their handling of MEK and Trike had something to do with it. So far, only one Avionics person in our unit has died from an unusual form of cancer. He had a skin melanoma that got aggressive and metastacized throughout his body. He was the F-105 equivalent of an MA-1 troop.
I know that when I started working radar on A-7s I would sometimes stick my hand in front of the feedhorn to see if the radar was transmitting. If my hand warmed up, it was transmitting. To date, I've had no problems at all. I didn't try to pull this trick on the F-16--its radar was way too powerful.
Ah, the stupid things we did when we were young. I've had more than one JP-4 bath, used both MEK and Trike with bare hands, carburetor cleaner, motor oil, and all kinds of chemicals. Hell--just yesterday I inhaled some soldering fumes. So far, I'm ok.
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