putitinink@YAHOO.COM on sat 12 may 01
Hi all -- Recently, some young kids got into a bag of plaster stored
near the glaze chemicals in the pottery room at a community center.
The rec center director panicked and decided to get rid of all the
glaze chemicals to prevent any kids from accessing the chemicals,
which she believes are highly toxic.
I'm wondering though, how dangerous is a one-time exposure? I
understood that a mask should be used when mixing glazes to reduce
cumulative exposure over a long time. Or is limited exposure also
harmful without a mask? These are cone 6, foodsafe glazes, but I
can't tell you all the chemicals that were present, probably about
50.
Sue
Ababi on sun 13 may 01
Your boss is right some of those are very dengerose materials, if they ar=
e
not covered and some of them I would say should be on high shelves.Tell y=
our
boss that the smok from the cars, the fast food NaCl and driving fast are
dengerouse too. So is terpentine. Even cooking oil if you drirk it about =
100
cc might harm you.
Ababi
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Subject: Glaze chemicals dangerous?
> Hi all -- Recently, some young kids got into a bag of plaster stored
> near the glaze chemicals in the pottery room at a community center.
> The rec center director panicked and decided to get rid of all the
> glaze chemicals to prevent any kids from accessing the chemicals,
> which she believes are highly toxic.
>
> I'm wondering though, how dangerous is a one-time exposure? I
> understood that a mask should be used when mixing glazes to reduce
> cumulative exposure over a long time. Or is limited exposure also
> harmful without a mask? These are cone 6, foodsafe glazes, but I
> can't tell you all the chemicals that were present, probably about
> 50.
>
> Sue
>
>
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