Re: Still Worried
You're being waaay paranoid.
The stuff you're spraying is a mix of chemicals and pigments. It's not toxic waste, and while it's not the best stuff to breathe or eat, it's not as toxic as eg. PCBs or dioxin.
It's also not carcinogenic (that's basically not allowed to be used, for the obvious reasons), it's not radioactive, and it's not a slow acting poison.
Think of it this way... if you drank a can of paint, you'd get really sick right away, and you might die from eating that much of those chemicals, but you're going to know almost right away. It's not delayed action.
Also, the amounts that you might have been breathing of this stuff outside are minimal... you didn't get a half can or quarter can of paint into your lungs, you probably got a small amount of vapor (not particles) into your lungs if you were breathing deeply, less if you did the usual thing and tried not to breathe the really stinky fumes (because they smell bad).
You'd probably do more damage to your lungs smoking a pack of cigarettes than doing this one paint job outside, and you'd have more long term risk of cancer too.
If you're still concerned after this, rather than posting to an internet bbs call the manufacturer of the paint and tell them what you did... they should be able to tell you the exact medical consequences of getting the stuff in your body. Or, you could talk to a doctor and give him a copy of the MSDS (material safety data sheet) for the paint and he can tell you how likely it is to be a problem.
But basically you're fine at this point, unless you started coughing and vomiting less than 12 hours after painting you didn't get more than a miniscule amount in your lungs.
Erik
