Safe Painting
As the child of artists, throughout my life safety around materials has been paramount. When I was expecting my sons, I looked for ways to keep painting without using toxic materials. This led to the development of a plant-based oil painting medium and paints that do not use heavy metals as pigment sources. I do not use cadmium lead or otherwise toxic materials.
Beam Paints has joined the ACMI and through rigorous third party testing we have obtained our seal for all our colours, Our colours that we have been approved to conform to California Prop 65, LHAMA and ASTM-D4236 as per testing and toxicology reports by Duke University and ACMI the Art and Creative Materials Institute.
We provide the pigment codes so you can make informed choices. When no pigment codes are available, it is an earth pigment or a pigment we have gathered ourselves.
In all cases, there is no substitution for caution. Even the most inert substance is harmful when airborne as dust, and many compounds carry the risk of increased sensitivity over years of continued use.
Our basic safety motto is a bit humorous, but meant to engage your sensibility-
BE SAFE, DON'T EAT THE PAINT
In addition, do not smoke, use while eating, contact with skin, or sand without a respirator :)