The most complete and authoritative book on preventing and correcting health hazards of art and craft materials for students, professional artists, and craftspeople.
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"A must for the artist/craftsperson."--Art Times
"McCann's Artist Beware. . . is a book of awesome range, from solvent fumes to pastel dust, with much precautionary advice."--The Washington Post Book World
"No book is more essential for an artist to possess than this one. His or her health, productivity, and perhaps even life may depend on being familiar with its contents . . . This is an important book."--Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"McCann's Artist Beware. . . is a book of awesome range, from solvent fumes to pastel dust, with much precautionary advice."--The Washington Post Book World
"No book is more essential for an artist to possess than this one. His or her health, productivity, and perhaps even life may depend on being familiar with its contents . . . This is an important book."--Seattle Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Revised and fully updated, Artist Beware may well be the most important book an artist can own or that instructors can recommend to their students. It is a thorough and highly detailed examination of the hazards of working with art and craft materials, and of the precautions one should take to ensure good health and safety. The book provides full analyses of how gases, liquids, vapors, dusts, and fumes can harm the artist, and studies all aspects of safety in the studio, including the care, handling, and disposal of materials, the use of various kinds of protective equipment, and possible physical hazards.
Includes new information on:
the new exposure limits of chemicals
health clinics in the United States and Canada where artists can be treated for art- related illnesses
new, safer products available to printmakers
health hazards associated with computer art
and much more
Students, professional artists, and craftspeople alike will appreciate the possibly lifesaving information available in this indispensable volume.
Michael McCann, PhD, CIH, is one of the world's leading authorities on health hazards in the arts. He is also the author of Health Hazards: Manual for Artists.
Includes new information on:
the new exposure limits of chemicals
health clinics in the United States and Canada where artists can be treated for art- related illnesses
new, safer products available to printmakers
health hazards associated with computer art
and much more
Students, professional artists, and craftspeople alike will appreciate the possibly lifesaving information available in this indispensable volume.
Michael McCann, PhD, CIH, is one of the world's leading authorities on health hazards in the arts. He is also the author of Health Hazards: Manual for Artists.
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This review is from: Artist Beware, Updated and Revised: The Hazards in Working with All Art and Craft Materials and the Precautions Every Artist and Craftsperson Should Take (Paperback)
If the title sounds familiar, that's because Artist Beware: The Hazards In Working With All Art And Craft Materials And The Precautions Every Artist And Craftsperson Should Take appears in a newly updated, revised edition to provide the latest facts. The latest EPA and OSHA standards for artists is included in this edition, as well as updated details on proper ventilation, machine and tool safety, fiber hazards and more. No practicing artist should be without.
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Vinyl chloride, asbestos, benzene, lead, cigarettes, and now art and craft materials? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relative toxicity rating, bifluoride pastes, spray booth exhausted, good dilution ventilation, severe stomach damage, slot exhaust hood, electrical safety section, severe lung irritation, acid gas respirator, chronic skin contact, significant acute toxicity, flush exposed skin, warning several hours, toxic sulfur dioxide gas, window exhaust fan, human developmental toxicant, can cause skin allergies, art hazards, chemical pneumonia, dust respirator, toxic hydrogen cyanide gas, toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, spray respirator, poster inks, waterless hand cleansers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Pigment Red, Material Safety Data Sheets, Pigment White, United States, Pigment Green, American National Standards Institute, Pigment Yellow, Pigment Blue, National Fire Protection Association, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, Pigment Violet, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Eastman Kodak, Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act, Pigment Black, Threshold Limit Values, Copper Compounds, Permissible Exposure Limits, Recommended Exposure Limits, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Pigment Orange, Public Interest Research Group, Government Printing Office, Environmental Protection Agency New!
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Vinyl chloride, asbestos, benzene, lead, cigarettes, and now art and craft materials? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relative toxicity rating, bifluoride pastes, spray booth exhausted, good dilution ventilation, severe stomach damage, slot exhaust hood, electrical safety section, severe lung irritation, acid gas respirator, chronic skin contact, significant acute toxicity, flush exposed skin, warning several hours, toxic sulfur dioxide gas, window exhaust fan, human developmental toxicant, can cause skin allergies, art hazards, chemical pneumonia, dust respirator, toxic hydrogen cyanide gas, toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, spray respirator, poster inks, waterless hand cleansers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Pigment Red, Material Safety Data Sheets, Pigment White, United States, Pigment Green, American National Standards Institute, Pigment Yellow, Pigment Blue, National Fire Protection Association, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, Pigment Violet, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Eastman Kodak, Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act, Pigment Black, Threshold Limit Values, Copper Compounds, Permissible Exposure Limits, Recommended Exposure Limits, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Pigment Orange, Public Interest Research Group, Government Printing Office, Environmental Protection Agency New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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