Safety: What You Need to Know (ACMInet)
http://www.acminet.org/Safety.htm
FAQ's about The Art & Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) and materials safety.

Safety Guidelines for Kids' Art Materials (National PTA)
http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,1-12808,00.html
This site provides a basic list of things to avoid when using art supplies with children.

Health and Safety in the Arts (Environmental Management Division: City of Tucson, Arizona)
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/home.html
Through databases of Art Mediums and Studio Safety as well as a reading list and links to other sources, this page provides information on "pollution prevention/source reduction practices, waste minimization, decreased health risks and increased awareness in the [Tucson] arts community."

Health Hazards in the Arts: Information for Artists, Craftspeople, and Photographers (RIT Libraries)
http://wally.rit.edu/pubs/guides/healthhaz.html
Even though this guide was created for the RIT Libraries, it provides a useful listing of books, articles, LC subject headings, and other resources.

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Art Materials: Health & Safety
http://www.dickblick.com/info/healthsafety/
Founded in 1940, ACMI was organized to assist its members in providing the public with art and craft materials for children and artists that are nontoxic. The Company, Dick Blick Art Materials, uses ACMI guidelines and gives an outline of what these are. You can request Material Safety Data Sheets on any of their products.

Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet (University of Kentucky)
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html
Here find information about Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), including links to MSDS's on the Internet. You must know your chemical before using these successfully.

Product Safety Information (American Art Clay Company)
http://www.amaco.com/html/amaco_safety.html
Look here for explanations of Certified Labeling Seals as well as for information on specific clays.

Photographic Chemicals (UC Davis Environmental Health & Safety)
http://ehs.ucdavis.edu/sftynet/sn-48.cfm

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Consumer Product Safety Commission (Federal Regulatory Agency)
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/art.html
This Arts & Crafts Safety link takes you to a description of the law requiring "Review and Labeling of Art Materials".

Federal Hazardous Substances Act (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/fhsa.html

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Article: Law Requires Review and Labeling of Art Materials Including Children's Art and Drawing Products (Consumer Product Safety Alert)
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5016.pdf

Article: Arts and Crafts Can Be Hazardous (Nebraska Cooperative Extension)
http://www.trueart.info/arts_&_crafts.htm

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Introduction to Waste Management for Artists and Schools (Angela Babin and Michael McCann, Center for Safety in the Arts, 1992)  http://ephs.csumb.edu/site/x6503.xml
For a more complete discussion by the same authors, see http://siri.uvm.edu/library/artist_waste.

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