I hope your both feeling better soon Hoss.
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I hope your both feeling better soon Hoss.
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesaler
Certified Zip-Tie Mechanic
"Give them enough so they can do something with it, but not too much that they won't do nothing."
Experienced Scrapper
Hope things get better hoss. Those **** seizures suck. My wife had one Sunday. She is in the hospital in very bad shape
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I tell you Hoss, if it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have no luck. Hope you and your dad get better soon, so you guys can get back on top of it.
Experienced Scrapper
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Sorry to hear about your wife, Duke. I hope she's better soon.
How ya' feeling today, Hoss ? Keep us posted on your Dad.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I've never heard of this. I never wear gloves when handling copper (I do it sometimes with lead). Does anyone have any more technical info on this?
Slacker
Jeez. Scary stuff. Note to self... do not use grinder on copper coils. Don't want to breath that stuff at all! Sawzall is bad enough. Maybe I'll just leave the transformers as is and get motor price.... Medical bills will easily eat up any profit.
Thanks for sharing and I hope you feel better soon. My wife (and 2 daughters) has been suffering from autoimmune illnesses for 10+ years, I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Who knew you could absorb this from just handling it to much.
Experienced Scrapper
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You do not have to stop cutting them just use precautions, wear gloves and a dust mask or better yet a respirator.. Just bought some masks yesterday at lowes for metal grinding for 20 bucks.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Sorry you're not feeling well, The Hoss.
My 9 y/o Grandson has been helping me unwind the windings I have. Up till this point, we have not worn any gloves. We unwind for at least 5 hours a day. Neither of us has become sick or felt ill.
I did some checking on the internet and found it is very hard to detect copper in the blood, hair and feces (http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/co...y_syndrome.htm).
I will continue to research the effects of copper on the body. I would never want my Grandson to get sick because of something we love to do.
Experienced Scrapper
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Hope you start feeling better, that sucks you got sick by messing with copper.
On a side note, if that pill will grab the copper that is in your system, its got to come out sooner or later so I wonder what grade the scrap yard would give for it.
CMHN Recycling
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#1 of course.Originally Posted by CMHN
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Dad's home now. Really confused as to why it keeps happening. Doc's checked EVERYTHING. His heart, lungs, brain, blood, and everything else. Don't know. He's on anti-seizure meds now, so the seizure's should hopefully stop. I can only image how hard it is for him, not knowing when/if another one is going to come down the pike. The state took his license. I guess the law says if yer on anti-seizure meds, it gets taken for 6 months, then they evaluate you at the hospital to see if yer well enough to drive. It's all a huge load for him. Poor guy, i just wish their was something i could do for him besides praying.
Mechanic, HA. No kidding, if we didnt have bad luck we'd have no luck at all.
Im gettin' better. I think with how much stress Monday was, it pushed the rest of the crap outta my system. I'm feeling about 98% better today.
Thank you everyone for yer well wishes. I sincerely hope i never have to make another topic about my pops being sick.
Hoss:
Glad your feeling better, hope all is well with your dad
Experienced Scrapper
Wow man I do hope you get well soon, and thank you very much for the heads up on this issue. I ain't touching another
piece of copper or circuit board without some Nitrile gloves. I should of known better as my illness was caused by
chemical toxicity in the auto repair biz..My prayers for your pops for his recovery as well.
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I have to plumb a lot of copper in the work I do (Did about 30 ft today as a matter of fact).. ALL the guys think I'm some Puss for wearing gloves.. But I can literally wrap a roll of pennies bare handed and I have such a taste of copper in my mouth.. it is as if I was sucking on a penny. Not sure if some people are more sensitive to it or how that works. Get better man.. Hoping that agony ends soon!
I'm so into scrapping.. When my Steel Toe Boots Wear out, I cut the Steel out of them and recycle the Toe!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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He's probably better by now, as this thread was posted back in 2011, but it's still good information to know.
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Well Dang.. Guess I should start noting if the thread has been pulled from the deep... DiamondN.. Your new nickname is now...."Hawkeye!"
Last edited by sledge; 06-21-2013 at 06:01 PM.
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When I have a large load of copper I usually like to fill a swimming pool and dive in like Scrooge McDuck. Guess I should stop that now, Thanks for the heads up!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Wow.
Copper toxicity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dimercaprol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (copper chelating agent)
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Yea, I pulled it out of the dustbunnies for that thread about people getting sick from scrapping.
"dumpster diver's disease "
P & M Recycling - Specializing in E-Waste Recycling.
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With the kind of money you make from scrapping, gloves, protective glass, and face mask is not going to cost too much. What do you want to do, make more money now or scrap for a long time to come.
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