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red glaze for raku- cadmium

updated mon 30 sep 02

 

claybair on sun 29 sep 02


Ackkk.....
this tread reminded me of the years I spent painting with Cadmium using my
hands/fingers besides brushes......... back in those days OSHA was a
mispronunciation of ocean!

Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks Ratledge

Cadmium is also very dangerous. A friend became very ill after using
commercial bottles of cadmium red glaze - not the encapsulated red. She was
seriously ill for several months and it took years for her to recover enough
to get back to her life - sans red glaze. Patricia Harden