Mapp gas

[Bahco]

Does anybody know if it is true that mapp gas is as dangerous as what my friends have said.
Apparently it has been linked to cancer.
I have a full cannister

 

[bripl]

yes it is and yes it has only use mapp in a very well ventilated area pref outside

 

[Bahco]

Thanks Bripl.

ANYBODY WISH TO PURCHASE A CAN OF MAPP GAS

 

[bripl]

i got half a doz bottles clearly states carbon monoxide hazard but small print states"this fuel and by products of combustion of this fuel contain chemicals known to the state of califonia to cause cancer,birth defects,or other reproductive harm"

 

[ratonnastick]

Must be why there is no gas engineers.

 

[bripl]

OR GOOD LOOKING ONES

 

[Baxi-Remeha]

one of my gas bottles states in the warning 'DO NOT USE IN YOUR SLEEP'.........i know that i dream of work (sad i know) somtimes but i dont actually solder anything.......well i hope not.....

 

[oilman]

I wonder how the cancer risk of standing in a garage putting petrol in your tank compares with using MAPP gas. (Oh, sorry there's no risk at all because there's a big automobile lobby group).

 

[corgiman]

As if we did not have enough to worry about SHEEEEEEESSH

I give up

The water I drink will give me cancer
the food I eat will give me cancer
the boilers i work will give me cancer

I give up (reaching for his fags thinking what the heck the soldering will probably kill me frist)

 

[ChrisR]

I can imagine it might be unhealthy if you sniff it, but if you set fire to it you just get carbon dioxide and water.

They had a different use in my local merchant though, round Wimbledon time. They found that a tennis ball slides nicely down a but of gutter downpipe. 6ft length, a stop for the ball about half way down. Hole near capped base big enough for a blowtorch nozzle. Insert unlit blowtorch for timed period (took experimenting). Then light blowtorch. Ball lands in next borough. Or next but one if you use Mapp gas.

 

[croydoncorgi]

Minute's silence for retail operatives lacerated by flying bits of PVC pipe!