Posted by Winget on October 03, 2000 at 17:04:04:
In Reply to: USED OIL/ DANGERIOUS posted by M. MURRAY on October 03, 2000 at 14:10:09:
BIG difference between Transformers (sitting on the Power Line) and automotive lubricants.
Transformers contain PCB's, these can kill you (also used in treated wood and Ammo bow wood so don't burn them!)
PCB's contain
bi·phen·yl (bi-fen'?l, -fe'n?l)
A colorless crystalline compound, C12H10, used as a heat-transfer agent, in fungicides, and in organic synthesis.
Also called: diphenyl
These are what kills you.
Yes, take extreme precautions with transformer oils, and treated lumber type stuff. The automotive stuff IS NOT the same.
Regards WAW