Photographic chemicals
Products: Photographic chemicals; developers, fixers
Info: Chemicals can be toxic, carcinogenic, corrosive, flammable or oxidising. They endanger soil, water, plants and wildlife, and our health.
Avoiding/reducing: When using chemicals, be sure to use the correct dosage and consult a specialist retailer for environmentally friendly alternatives.
Recycling/environmentally sound disposal: Fixers are desilvered in an electrochemical process. The desilvered photographic chemicals are doped with ammonia and used as a DeNox agent in cement kilns.
The exclamation mark for irritating substances (e.g. irritating the respiratory system)
The dead tree and fish for substances dangerous for water
The body figure for substances very dangerous for health (e.g. cancerous)
The skull for toxic products
The flame for inflammable or fire spreading solids, liquids and gases
The dripping test tubes on hand and surface for “caustic”