Frank Granovski
March 17th, 2003, 09:44 PM
Where there's smoke, there's heath problems!
In the Vancouver Sun today, there was an interesting article about the hazards of theatrical smokes and fogs (used in the entertainment industry). A $150,000 study was done by the University Of British Columbia. The results of the study showed that staffers suffer from reduced lung capacity and increased long term respiratory irritation. "Other findings include:
1) Fogs produced by gycol fluids resulted in increased incidents of dry cough, dry throat and increased headache, dizziness and tiredness on the testing day.
2) Fogs produced by mineral oil resulted more often in a measurable drop in lung capacity."
My advice? Use dry ice or those Chinese heat sticks---which smoke like crazy!
In the Vancouver Sun today, there was an interesting article about the hazards of theatrical smokes and fogs (used in the entertainment industry). A $150,000 study was done by the University Of British Columbia. The results of the study showed that staffers suffer from reduced lung capacity and increased long term respiratory irritation. "Other findings include:
1) Fogs produced by gycol fluids resulted in increased incidents of dry cough, dry throat and increased headache, dizziness and tiredness on the testing day.
2) Fogs produced by mineral oil resulted more often in a measurable drop in lung capacity."
My advice? Use dry ice or those Chinese heat sticks---which smoke like crazy!