Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com...
by ImprovedSilence on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:03PM
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Yeah, but they cause cancer. Things like lymphomas that killed Bob Ross cuz those are the pigments painters use.
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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com...
by awalton on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:50AM
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Ross's lymphoma was thought to have been caused by dichloromethane exposure from his odorless paint thinner (and him 'beating the devil' out of his brushes aerosolizing it).
It's now banned in paint thinners as a result of some pretty long lobbying efforts. It's a little sad, since chemicals like DCM are hard to replace, but if it saves the lives of our artists at the expense of them having a bit of a harder time cleaning their brushes, maybe we can live with that.