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Ester headache

Wrecking Bereserker - 23-8-2019 at 01:03

Does anybody else get headache by smelling too much of esters?and anybody knows why?

TD64209 - 23-8-2019 at 13:30

Headaches are inevitable (and the least of your worries) when you're in a room of dense solvent fumes. Not ventilating properly?
Fire, cancers, neurological effects, immediate unconsciousness, etc. are all things that could happen if you're not airing everything out; consider these headaches as your early warning sign that you're inhaling far too much vapor.

Tsjerk - 23-8-2019 at 13:53

There are some esters that will give you a headache while working in a fumehood wearing cloves.

What are we talking about here?

Wrecking Bereserker - 23-8-2019 at 20:34

Quote: Originally posted by Tsjerk  
There are some esters that will give you a headache while working in a fumehood wearing cloves.

What are we talking about here?


1.Benzyl Acetate
2.Butyl Acetate
3.Ethyl Propanoate