Selenium toning

How dangerous is, and what safety considerations should be taken with

Selenium toning?

Selenium is a toxic heavy metal. You can absorb selenium through your

skin if you come in contact with selenium toner, but in practice you would have to bathe in it every night for a month or two to get a serious case of poisoning from it. If you pick up prints from your toner tray with your fingertips, I doubt you will ever be in any danger from selenium, but a lot of people wear gloves anyway. My own experience is that I'm kind of klutzy with gloves, and I have accidents when I use tongs (the print slips out, or I get a crease in it), so I use my tentacles--er, fingertips.

Hello everyone. Ed is absolutely right but there is an easy cure to getting your pinkies wet with some type of noxtious chemical. Put a print tong in each hand. Yes, pick the prints up from both corners and move it about in whatever foul soup you brew. Best bet, still wear a pair of those thin, latex surgical gloves if the "soup" is really bad....,also,,,,,keep soap/water/paper towels handy if you are a canidate for "klutz of the year" award. Enjoy, Bill