Hello everyone!
After getting a new SF flashlight recently I googled why isn't is golden inside as my previous ones and found this and
that topics on the question.
Well, we know that older SF used chemkote with hexavalent chromium which is toxyc and carcinogenous. The only question I coundn't find answer to is "How dangerous this hexavalent chromium in out flashlights for us and our families?"
I tried to assess it. My calculations are as the following.
PDF from Tyco Electronix says that Cr+6 content in chemkote is not more than 400 mg/m2, SF M4 has tube is approximately D18 * 150mm, it has no more than 3.4 mg of Cr+6.
Wikipedia says "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health proposed a REL of 0.2 µg/m3 for airborne exposures to hexavalent chromium." and "California has finalized a Public Health Goal of 0.02 parts per billion (ppb or micrograms per liter)".
That means that 3.4 mg of Cr+6 correspond to 2L/day consumption of bad water for 230 year or inhaling of bad air for 5.4 years.
Well, all these calculations are ultimate-worst-case of ingesting or inhaling all SF M4 body Cr+6. Can anybody say what is real hazard level from this Cr+6?