Safety is important to all of us. We must take responsibility for guarding our own safety. Be aware that chemicals and products that we use regularly around the house and in arts/crafts and woodworking have potentials to harm us and our family -- PLEASE TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES.

The best ways to protect our safety is to learn about the products we expose ourself to. Read the labels. Follow instructions for use and proper disposal, and gather as much 3rd party information as possible about a product's safe material handling.

Many of these pages quote the research of Dr. Michael McCann who was the most prolific "artist safety advocate" ever! It is hard to relate the value of the safety research that was produced by Dr. McCann and his associates at The Center for Safety in the Arts. Unfortunately The Center for Safety in the Arts lost its funding - we don't have this set of artist advocates looking out for providing us with accurate, trustworthy information about some of the newer products. Rather than seeing his important research disappear, Dr. McCann has allowed it to be accessible via the Net!

His book, "Artist Beware" is a classic. It is available for downloading at CSA Publications Available on-line. Please read it. It should remind us all that me must be responsible for our own safety.