From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:38:28 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Toxicity help needed


WOW!
Thanks Mark.

What does "off gassing" mean?

I definitely am glad I asked for advice on this.
Google is not all-knowing.
I went on ToxFaqs and I saw nothing alarming about the ingredients I could 
find info on.
Some were even edible!

I am not going to use these colorants on my masks until and if I get 
complete scientific and moral reassurance that these toxics are going to be 
neutral once they are fully cured. Aren't they there only as solvents?
I should have know that this low price for such coloring power was too good 
to be true!
I'd be better off with natural dry pigments (as long as they are non toxic 
when binded), as long as I wear protective gear when I mix them.

I think it's a STUPID and irresponsible thing to sell such coloring products 
to the general public if they are so dangerous. The warnings are not clear 
enough. No info is available on their website. I sent for more info, using 
their contact info. Imagine, people use them to color their paints, which 
end up on their bedroom walls and on furniture all over the house and 
office!

Of course, we don't lick our walls or spend an hour a day with our faces 
against them.

No chances can be taken with my customers's health. And I'm one of them too, 
since I sometimes cannot bare to let a mask go I never developped the 
ability to detach myself from my work. One more reason to use safe 
materials, my home is full of them!

Thanks again!


Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
www.creaturiste.com
(514) 274-8027 

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