[sdiy] uh-oh..etchant saftey???

[Dan Snazelle]

Ok

first please dont make fun of me for being cautious. i have a toddler and a infant and i dont want anything dangerous in their home.

i hate to be paranoid but in the last few weeks there has been a very strange Plastic like scent in my shop. (which is next to our living room)
a sort of burnt plastic smell. i have been searching for weeks for the source with no luck.

tonight i went to get out my etchant and something seemed wrong.....the top wouldnt open but was also strangely covered in goo and the bottle looked like something had made it suck in quite a bit

and then i noticed my hand had a chemical 

now i have no idea if the 2 are even connected. but i dont like to think that something gaseous could have been  leaking out of this bottle.
last time i used the bottle, i dumped the etchant back into the bottle, just like i do every time. maybe there is too much copper in there or something?

i feel like an idiot (as usual)

so

1. could this be the cause of the plastic scent?
2. how dangerous is it that i have been working in this room for weeks?


thanks