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risk of chronic toxicity) but the hobbyist. People who were involved with arts and crafts for just a few hours or so a month were being frightened off by something that could be perfectly safe for them,” she said.

A drop in the number of arts and crafts hobbyists, who might be alarmed by the possibility of poisons in the materials they used could have severe repercussions in art circles, according to Joy. She reported that 80 to 90 percent of art and craft supplies are sold to hobbyists. “If they quit buying, prices will go up and it will end up costing artists money.”

She stressed the need for caution, not hysteria, and emphasized that with or

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