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Artists have long suffered various illnesses brought on by the materials they use - this article discusses the various types of Allerair purifiers available to make the studio a safer place.

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The great masters knew all about suffering for their art. It wasn´t just the pain of creativity that crippled the Masters, drove them mad, and killed them, it was the chemicals in the materials they used.

Not much has changed over the centuries. Artists and hobbyists today still unguardedly work with chemicals that would be treated with far more caution in a laboratory. These include lead paints and glazes, hazardous solvents and even poisons like cyanide. Artists daily put themselves at risk working in an atmosphere with more health risks than LA on a bad air day.

Art supplies have been required to carry warning labels since 1988, when the Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials act came into force, but this was mainly to cover those products aimed at children and doesn´t protect the adult artist from the hazards of necessary ingredients or home made materials.

There is much anecdotal evidence and various studies to support the impact on artists´ health. Paint artists may be affected by a range of chemicals, such as hydrocarbons, ketones and glycols, while those who work in other disciplines, such as sculpture and pastels, have a wide range of dust and particle hazards in their working environment.

Even if these hazards do not result in serious health complaints, they can affect the artist in ways he or she might find even more debilitating. Long exposure to the solvents in paints can result in an allergic condition that makes working with those paints impossible. Though the driving concern may be to keep working, rather than health, artists need to know how they can make their studios safe.

One of the biggest problems facing artists is inadequate ventilation of their workspace. Light is the most important consideration for most artists, not air, and they may not notice the steady build up of toxins as long as they can see what they are doing. Your studio may be a basement, a garage, a shed or a rented office space, but if it isn´t adequately ventilated you could be putting your health at risk.

Fortunately, there is a solution - air purifiers built specially for artists and hobbyists to install in their workspaces. Air purifiers work by filtering out the impurities in the air so that you always have clean air to breathe. A carbon filter takes away the fumes and gases of solvents and other chemicals, while an HEPA filter removes small particles - particularly important if you work with pastels, metals or stone.

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