[quote=Timbo
Hey Pepin, shhhh! Don't tell anyone about the -nasty- stuff that goes on in the factory! Most Americans (especially those in our Government)are beyond stupid especially in the sciences, they have no idea what goes into making a sailboat, so don't you go telling them!

They think Green means no gasoline, don't go and spoil it for them and the rest of us!

;^) [/quote]

Oh! Yes the Government does know what's going on at the factory!

As a former environmental regulator of RCRA Rules (the federal hazardous waste regulations), the fiberglass industry produces all sorts of hazardous waste. Examples: Codes D001-Ignitable waste; D001-Oxidizing wastes,such as MEKP; F003-Acetone solvent wastes; F005-Methyl Ethyl Ketone solvent wastes; F003 & F005-hazardous stillbottoms from the distillation of hazardous solvents; D007 & D008-paint booth filters and other paint wastes containing TCLP heavy metals; D008-Metallic Lead, not being recycled as scrap metal, If they are doing anodizing or other metal treatment, there is more I could list. Carbon composite pre-cursers are even more to list.-That's what was making the employees sick, at the factory that makes the plastic Stealth aircraft.