Health Hazards: Solvents, Glues, and Shell

1983
DS#259   BRB1 p.122            
Ervin Somogyi                                                                                           

▪ Somogyi wrote this scary little article in 1983, but if you think that the chemicals luthiers encounter have gotten friendlier you better think again. The compounds that have been making people sick for decades are still out there, and regulation doesn’t seem to have made much of an impact. You’ll have to be your own safety cop, and this article is a good place to begin.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.