Neil;
You are absolutely correct. A search turned up this tidbit:
"Uses include killing germs; pain relief; healing skin, lips,
nose and burns; prophecy in dreams; purification; phyiscal
energy." Who'ed a thunk eating mothballs was good for you ;-)
Ed (remember, I'm a product of the Alabama public school system)
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:34:34 -0500
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Subject: RE: Tool Box Protection
>To: "'Ed Van Scoy'" <ed@vetteracing.com>
>Cc: "'Russel Mack'" <rtmack@concentric.net>, "'Phillip
Landry'" <saltracer@hotmail.com>,
"'land-speed@autox.team.net'" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>Ed;
>
>A quick websearch on "camphor blocks" turned up a number of
mail-order
>sources, including health stores.
>
>Lots of stuff in a shop is toxic if ingested in the right
amounts. If anyone
>is wandering around a shop who may feel compelled to eat a
block of camphor,
>he shouldn't be there in the first place. The probability of
injury by all
>the power tools there is far higher. Drinking kerosene isn't
too healthy,
>either. Neither are those X-Acto knives that are in my tool
drawer with
>camphor.
>
>Seriously, though. Your warnings are well taken. We should
all exercise a
>reasonable degree of caution with anything we use.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Van Scoy [mailto:ed@vetteracing.com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 3:05 PM
>To: Albaugh, Neil
>Cc: 'Russel Mack'; 'Phillip Landry'; 'land-speed@autox.team.net'
>Subject: RE: Tool Box Protection
>
>
>FYI:
>Camphor is a colorless or a white crystal granule or cake
product obtained
>from the wood of the camphor tree. It may also be
synthetically derived.
>Some products such as lotions, astringents, and moth
repellents still
>contain camphor as an active ingredient. In 1980, the Food
and Drug
>Administration set a limit of 11% allowable camphor in
consumer products and
>totally banned products labeled as camphorated oil, camphor
oil, camphor
>liniment, and camphorated liniment.
>
>Camphor, readily absorbed through the skin, produces the
sensation of warmth
>and slight local anesthesia. Camphor poisoning produces
seizures and may be
>preceded by mental confusion, irritability, neuromuscular
hyperactivity, and
>jerky movements of the extremities. Camphor poisoning from
household
>products may occur following oral ingestion. Symptoms occur
five to ninety
>minutes following ingestion.
>Ed
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