Potential health risks in using ferrocerium rods.

I don't use fire steel any more. I simply scrape my new super steel knife against my old blade. Lights up like candle.
 
badasslibrarian said:
WARNING: CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65:

This product, when used for welding, soldering, brazing, cutting and other
metal working or flame processes, produces fumes, particulates, residues and other by-products which contain chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. WARNING: This pro
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It's not the stuff covered under Proposition 65 that causes cancer. It's the state of California itself that causes cancer.
 
badasslibrarian said:
trolling?


im just wondering how much ingestion of ferrocerium residue
would cause health problems..
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Did you eat some and are wondering if your
going to die.

Ferrocerium is a white to light colored metallic solid.
Insoluble in water and denser than water.
Contact may cause irritation to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.

May be toxic by ingestion.


http://www.cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/3471
 
More people die from fire than from ferrocerium rods. On the list of things to worry about keep this in perspective.
 
I have been working around oil based paints for ovar 20 yarss and imn doeng jusst fime.
 
I'm guessing the OP is from California. Judging by their laws they seem to have this mass paranoia that everything is going to kill them.

It must be something in the water.
 
I do industrial hygiene for a living.

I work at Hanford where things are - let's say - kind of toxic.


Don't fret it.

Wash hands before eating.


For the knifemakers: If you are processing these (cutting or grinding a lot of them to make firesteels) work in a well ventilated area or wear an N95 dust mask.

If you are cutting or grinding this material for several hours every day, bump it up to a half mask respirator - MSA with P100 cartridges.
 
87Burban said:
I do industrial hygiene for a living.

I work at Hanford where things are - let's say - kind of toxic.


Don't fret it.

Wash hands before eating.


For the knifemakers: If you are processing these (cutting or grinding a lot of them to make firesteels) work in a well ventilated area or wear an N95 dust mask.

If you are cutting or grinding this material for several hours every day, bump it up to a half mask respirator - MSA with P100 cartridges.
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Thank you for the suggestions sir :)

may god bless you and your family :)
 
Wow, IH at Hanford. That's not the average IH gig.
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Aren't they still cleaning stuff up from the "Manhattan project" and on up until they closed their last reactor in the early 70's.

I recall applying for a job there in 79. I got another job & never heard back from Hanford. Always was lucky as far as jobs went. At the time I didn't know a thing about the place.

Joe
 
Health risks from Ferrocerium, mostly burning your fingers if you strike it towards yourself.
 
What's in these sparkly burning metal rods people light on birthday cakes at times and then eat! the cake afterwards?
 
What I appreciate about this question is that nobody has wondered about this before; I've been using these materials often without giving it any thought. I buy ecological apples to not ingest the toxins from regular apples, but not question this! Even if it's probably not highly toxic it's a good thing to think about it - as a general rule, for all the stuff you use on a regular basis.
 
I see this is an older post. I found this because I wanted to know the same thing. I spent a couple hours the other day practicing striking a ferro rod and trying out different kinds of tinder and trying to teach my son how to use it. There was not much breeze and being hunkered over the tinder bundle striking the rod a LOT of times I was smelling the smoke/dust off of almost every strike. A few days later and my lungs and chest feel like crap. I mean not good at all, so I wanted to see if this was something everyone but me already knows. Well anyways I will be trying to avoid the smoke off of them from now on and by the way I also found this tidbit of info. Take it for what it's worth. It relates to lighter flints which are miniature ferro rods. I'm going to be much more cautious from here on.

https://vaporgenie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201351683-Flint-Lighters-Produce-Toxic-Dust
 
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