Veronica Honthaas on sat 30 dec 00
I am a bit confused. The letter in CM from the EPA said that ball clay was
processed in a kiln and that was how the dioxin was removed from the clay.
Can someone explain this to me, please. Veronica
Mert & Holly Kilpatrick on sat 30 dec 00
Most/many of you have already seen this, but since it was a topic here I
wanted to mention that in the January 01 Ceramic Monthly, p. 8, there is a
letter from a David Cleverly of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency for
non-USA residents) in Washington DC. He says that the EPA has verified that
the commercial processing of ball clays removes all the dioxins before the
ball clay is sold to potters. He reassures potters that they can "continue
making great art out of ball clay." I interpret that to mean that those of
us who don't make great art can also continue making whatever it is we make
out of ball clay.
Holly
in Penna, where we have 4 or 5 inches of snow in the last couple hours and
still counting...
Michael A. Turton on sat 30 dec 00
Mert & Holly Kilpatrick wrote:
> He says that the EPA has verified that
> the commercial processing of ball clays removes all the dioxins before the
> ball clay is sold to potters. He reassures potters that they can "continue
> making great art out of ball clay." I interpret that to mean that those of
> us who don't make great art can also continue making whatever it is we make
> out of ball clay.
>
> Holly
No, no, you've got it wrong. He means that now that the dioxins are gone,
everyone will be able to make great art. It was just those damn dioxins that
was stopping you before......:-)
Michael
Susan Otter on sun 31 dec 00
In a message dated 12/31/00 2:35:07 PM, honthaas@EMAIL.BIGSKY.NET writes:
<< I am a bit confused. The letter in CM from the EPA said that ball clay was
processed in a kiln and that was how the dioxin was removed from the clay.
Can someone explain this to me, please. Veronica >>
Simply put, Dioxin burns. We had some yahoo running around the countryside
where I live, spraying oil on dirt roads to keep the dust down.
There was dioxin in his oil.
The EPA had to move an entire TOWN out. They scraped off all the contaminated
soil, built a giant incenerator, and burned it, destroying the dioxin.
Veronica Honthaas on sun 31 dec 00
I am still confused............Exactly how much processing does ball clay
go through before it gets to us. I just figured that it was mined, crushed
and sifted. I did not think it went through any kind of kiln.
At 09:44 AM 12/30/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Most/many of you have already seen this, but since it was a topic here I
>wanted to mention that in the January 01 Ceramic Monthly, p. 8, there is a
>letter from a David Cleverly of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency for
>non-USA residents) in Washington DC. He says that the EPA has verified that
>the commercial processing of ball clays removes all the dioxins before the
>ball clay is sold to potters. He reassures potters that they can "continue
>making great art out of ball clay." I interpret that to mean that those of
>us who don't make great art can also continue making whatever it is we make
>out of ball clay.
>
>Holly
>in Penna, where we have 4 or 5 inches of snow in the last couple hours and
>still counting...
>
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