Toxicity in oil painting, do's and don'ts

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Art Hazards Project, Centre for Occupational Hazards, Inc., 5 Beekman Street, New York, New York 10038, https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/arthazards.html, www.hc-sc.gc.ca, WHMIS.org. This info just may save your life and someone else. All the best.

some

Thanks for posting. Hope this helps people. I found out the hard way.

Summer

Yeah!  And then there are people like me who love the smell of turpentine! 

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Thank you.

some

@Summer ..there is no button for my response... ) I can't believe u love the smell...

Summer

@Mark and @Some ; Thanks for the posts in this thread to warn others about the dangers of some artists products in use today.  The odor of turpentine triggers deep memories whenever I come across it.  I don't sniff it or anything like that, but I do love the smell of it when I occasionally walk into someone's painting studio and the scent is there.  I use turpentine occasionally, so I think about it often, but I'm always wearing a mask, gloves, and there is plenty of fresh air.  I only love the smell because it triggers deep memories of when I was a student and wasn't aware that the distinctive smell was dangerous.  It's under control.    

Summer

some said:

@Summer ..there is no button for my response... ) I can't believe u love the smell...

Yeah - really do!

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Thank you for getting it!

Summer

@Mark ; Looking forward to seeing your art postings on DMP.  Yes, I've seen, read, and heard about a lot of people falling victim to their hobbies but with the deep breathing exercise you do and eating organic you won't be one of them .  Sorry about your father's poor health.  By the way Mark has a new video out on this very subject.  I viewed it from the Draw Mix Paint page called TOXICITY OF ARTIST OIL COLOR - DOS AND DON'TS that I think you would like to see.    

 

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Thank you.

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excellent, no worries.

CallumCW90

This will be handy for me, I have quite a bit of paranoia when it comes to these things