Thread: Is Cell Rot Inevitable?

Keep them in the dark at room temp or cooler is the best way to preserve them. That's still no guarantee but sunlight and heat will definitely do them in.

Eventually, I think it is inevitable.
The cell rot process is inherent in the product. It takes quite a while, and in the time they started using it, they probably didn't know. Or they knew and didn't care about what happened 50 to 100 years down the line. After all, we don't typically care whether the plastic on a toothbrush or cartirdge razor will last that long.

Proper conditions, like cool and dark, will slow the process. It is just a chemical reaction, and reducing the amount of available energy will slow the reaction. But the process is there and there is nothing you can do to stop it completely.