I'm glad warnings have reached you and caused you to re-think your ways.
To help you on your way, re-read your posts from day one, and all the warnings and advice you got in them.
You will also understand a lot of info you have missed before, just because of not understanding the fine details given.
You had gold fever, not seeing the warning signs along the way! Like many others.
Good to hear you're finally on the safety page and backing of from the quicksand just in time, I sure hope.
And don't just mind your own safety, but also your legacy for this world.>
proper environmentally responsible, waste treatment and disposal!!
Your study may result in stopping this E-waste recovery hobby all together, no money to be made there. great for acquiring knowledge and experience, to go to the next step: refining carat scrap.
A lot of electronics have nickel in them under the gold plating or in some other way.
All nickel salts cause cancer! Vapors and air born droplets are not stopped by a glove or goggles.
Proper fume extraction and closing beakers and reducing air bubbles splashing up from electrolytical baths or air bubble AP baths. And that's just nickel. The rest ain't orange juice either.
Think about everything you're doing. And exposing you or family and friends to by contaminating the little droplets, glove stains to door knobs, surfaces and so on.
Do you sometimes use that spray bottle without gloves and sometimes with gloves? > RISK!
Small things like that add up until it's too late.
You can swim with sharks, just be really carefull.
Be safe!
Martijn.
