Activity | Potential hazard |
Painting | Toxic pigments (eg, arsenic [emerald green], cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury), acrylic emulsions, solvents |
Ceramics | |
Raw materials | Colors and glazes containing barium carbonate, lead, chromium, uranium, cadmium, manganese |
Firing | Vapors of fluoride, chlorine, sulfur dioxide |
Gas-fired kilns | Carbon monoxide |
Sculpture and casting | |
Grinding silica-containing stone | Silica (silicon dioxide) |
Serpentine rock with asbestos | Asbestos |
Woodworking | Wood dust |
Metal casting | Metal fume, sand (silica) from molding, binders of phenol formaldehyde or urea formaldehyde |
Welding | Metal fume, ultraviolet light exposure, welding (metal-containing) fumes, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, or phosgene (if solvents nearby) |
Plastics | Monomers released during heating (polyvinyl chloride), methyl methacrylate, acrylic glues, polyurethanes (toluene 2,4-diisocyanate), polystyrene (methylchloride release), fiberglass, polyester or epoxy resins |
Woodstripping | Solvents, especially methylene chloride |
Photography | |
Developer | Hydroquinone, metal |
Stop bath | Weak acetic acid |
Stop hardener | Potassium chrome alum (chromium) |
Fixer | Sodium sulfite, acetic acid-sulfur dioxide |
Hardeners and stabilizers | Formaldehyde |
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