The MetalworkingFluidAdditives.com Editorial Team receives the messages sent through the form on this page or to editorial@metalworkingfluidadditives.com, and it handles corrections, news tips and questions about a page.
Quote and provider requests do not belong in this inbox. They use separate forms, listed under the quote and provider heading below.
Standards, regulations and exposure limits are checked against their issuing bodies, product values against the named data sheet, and every figure carries its source and date; see our methodology and fact-checking.
- Email: editorial@metalworkingfluidadditives.com
- Form: on this page, for corrections, news tips and questions about a page
- Quotes and providers: separate request forms, listed below
What Can You Send to the Editorial Team?#
The editorial team takes five types of message: a correction of a factual error, a missing or newer primary source, a news tip, a question about a page, and press or other inquiries.
- Corrections: a factual error on a page, with the primary source
- Sources: a missing reference or a newer edition of a standard or rule
- News tips: a new regulation, exposure limit, approval or standard, with the document
- Questions about a page: a statement that is unclear or seems incomplete
- Press and other inquiries
A news tip is most useful with the document that proves it, such as the regulation text, a standard notice or a register entry. Tips that reach the editorial team feed metalworking fluids news on regulation, exposure limits and additives.
How Do You Report a Factual Error?#
Report a factual error in five steps: name the page, quote the statement, give the correct value, link the primary source that proves it, and add the date or edition of that source.
- Name the page, with its URL.
- Quote the statement that is wrong.
- Give the correct value or wording.
- Link the primary source that proves it.
- Add the date or edition of that source.
A value without a primary source is still checked, but it may stay unchanged until a source is found.
What Happens After a Correction Request#
A correction request is checked against the primary source named in the request and against the sources the page cites, and a confirmed error is fixed on the page with a dated change.
How corrections are dated and disclosed is set out in the editorial policy.
Which Sources Support a Correction?#
A correction is checked against primary sources: regulators such as NIOSH, OSHA, HSE, ECHA and EPA, IARC, standards bodies such as ISO, ASTM and DIN, and peer-reviewed journals.
The table compares the source types a correction request can rely on and what each one settles.
| Source type | Examples | What it settles |
|---|---|---|
| Regulators and official registers (US) | OSHA, NIOSH, CDC, EPA, eCFR, Federal Register | US exposure limits and rules, with section and date |
| Regulators and official registers (EU and UK) | ECHA, EUR-Lex, HSE | EU classification, restrictions and approvals with instrument and date; UK guidance |
| Intergovernmental bodies | IARC | Carcinogen classifications |
| Standards bodies | ISO, ASTM, DIN | Test methods and fluid classifications, with edition |
| Peer-reviewed journals | Tribology and occupational-health journals | Study results, with authors and year |
| Technical society | STLE | Practice descriptions, cited as such |
| Supplier documents | Data sheets and safety data sheets | The value of one named product only |
A correction is accepted when a source of the matching type confirms it; a supplier document settles only the product it describes.
STLE material counts as a technical society source, not as a regulator. A supplier data sheet supports a product value and never outranks a standard or a regulation.
How every fact is sourced, checked and updated is described in our methodology.
Where Do Quote and Provider Requests Go?#
Quote and provider requests go through two separate forms, not through the editorial team, because the reference sells no fluid and no additive and publishes no paid rankings or sponsored content.
- Request quotes for metalworking fluids and additives: one specification sent to independent suppliers
- Find a coolant management or recycling provider: fluid management, testing and recycling
Requests go to independent providers and suppliers. No company pays for placement; see our editorial policy.
Which Metalworking Fluid Topics Does the Editorial Team Answer?#
The editorial team answers questions on metalworking fluids and their additives: fluid types, additive classes and substances, operations and workpiece materials, fluid management, health and exposure, regulation, standards and tests.
Each fluid type and how to choose one is covered under metalworking fluids.
Questions outside the reference#
Questions outside metalworking fluids are not answered, because they are not metalworking fluids or components of one. They cover automotive coolant and antifreeze, engine, hydraulic and general lubricants, greases, quenchants and heat treatment, parts washers and degreasers, VCI packaging, consumer cutting-board, sharpening-stone and glass or tile cutting oils, and finished equipment models.
Health, legal and compliance questions#
The editorial team gives no diagnosis, treatment or legal advice, and it does not judge whether a reader's product complies; symptoms go to an occupational physician, and compliance questions go to the competent authority.
The team recommends no company or product. Hazards, exposure limits and controls are described under metalworking fluid health hazards.
What Happens to the Data You Send?#
Messages sent through this form are kept for 24 months and used to answer and to correct the page concerned, and the site runs no analytics or advertising vendors.
The form stores the topic, the optional page address and name, the email address and the message of 10 to 5,000 characters.
Who Is the Editorial Team?#
The reference has no paid rankings and no sponsored content, and no company pays for placement.
The publisher is the site itself. Read more about MetalworkingFluidAdditives.com and its independence.