SAFETY FIRST, PEOPLE!
SAFE HANDLING PROCEDURES
By purchasing Limn Colors paint, you agree to be a responsible adult and use
the product on paper as intended. Paints should be handled with appropriate
caution, only by people who are able to read, understand, and follow thesafety precautions. Keep out of reach of children, pets, and those known tomake bad decisions.
Do not ingest or aspirate paint or related dust or liquid.
Do not use paint as makeup or body paint.
Store paint in a safe location where it cannot be confused for food orcosmetics.
Take precautions to keep paint off of skin, eyes, mouths, etc. Do not hold yourpaintbrush in your lips. Do not have food or drink in your painting area; do notsmoke in your painting area; do not otherwise do things while painting thatbring your hands or other items up to your mouth and eyes. If you are straw spattering or using a mouth atomizer, don't inhale, and avoid spray method swith paints that contain material advisements.
If eye or skin contact occurs, rinse with clean tap water immediately andcompletely. If irritation persists, seek medical attention.
Clean up thoroughly after each painting session.
Proper disposal will limit the environmental impact of paint. You can keep
paint rinse water out of waterways by pouring it into a large bucket full of sandstored in sunlight, which traps pigments but allows the water to evaporate
out. Used paper and cleanup materials can be stored separately until you haveenough for drop-off or pick-up with your local recycling or disposal center.
TOXICOLOGY + HEALTH WARNINGS
In conformance with US law—FHSA, LHAMA, and ASTM D-4326—Limn Colors
has had art material formulations evaluated by a certified toxicologist for theirpotential to cause acute and chronic health effects.
Limn Colors paint is an irritant if ingested, aspirated, or comes in contact witheyes, and can cause irritation to skin for some people.
The State of California requires Prop 65 warnings on products containing
chemicals that have been shown to cause cancer, birth defects, or otherreproductive harm: cadmium used in cadmium paints, cobalt used in cobalt
paints, airborne particles of carbon black pigment used in ivory bla ck paint,
palygorskite clay used in mayan paints, and titanium dioxide pigment used intitanium white, titanium buff, metallic gold, and metallic pearl paints. Thoseingredients can have chronic health effects.
The toxicology results for our paints concluded that even though someproducts may contain hazardous substances, they do not require CA-65 or
health warnings when complexed with other materials (for example, titanium
dioxide is in toothpaste) and in specific exposure scenarios (such as in small
quantities or when using paint rather than handling powdered pigments withairborne particles).
Watercolor Safety Data Sheet
The toxicologist reported that, of the pigments listed above, only mayan red,mayan blue, mayan yellow, and mayan green warranted FHSA/LHAMA and CA 65 health warnings.
Mayan Paints Safety Data Sheet
Pigments have not been tested to determine the manganese levels in siennas
or umbers, nor the potential for PCBs in phthalo blue and phthalo green.
This is not an exhaustive list of potentially harmful materials used in art
supplies, and does not cover other manufacturers.