Response to Kodak Anti-fog

I've been studiously doing my own research on the subject since I first posted the query, and in the interests of knowledge disemmination, I'll give you what I found. I now have acquired some Edwal Liquid Orthazite - which is a compound of benzotriazole, sodium sulfite, & water. While it DOES mainly spec for photo paper, there is this line at the bottom of the back label: The addition of 2ml per gallon of D-76 or similar borax-type developers will give finer grain with no apparent loss of film speed. The folks @ Freestyle who sold it to me advised that perhaps a tad more would work the magic I desire, which is still a LOT less than Edwal suggests for paper de-fogging. It seems like Kodak anti-fog #1 (benzotriazole) may still be made, but the sources I could find were all out of the country. I wonder why? Seems like it's used mostly for X-ray/tech and motion picture purposes these days. I'd like to get some; price-wise the Edwal Orthazite is quite dear. Beyond this, I found some VERY interesting weblinks treating the subject, one of which even appears in Greenspun/LUSENET. Check 'em out.... more commentary remains welcome. Here they are:

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 004EHP

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1998/135 3.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/photoforum/message/7157

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