Art Safety

Environmental Health and Safety provides safety information for graduate and undergraduate students including a basic understanding of the potential hazards present in various art materials and processes.

For additional information, you may like: 

  • The Artist’s Complete Health and Safety Guide, 3rd Ed., by Monona Rossol, Allworth Press, 2001
  • Health Hazards Manual for Artists, 6th Ed., by Michael McCan PhD CIH and Angela Babin, Lyons Press, 2008
  • Making Art Safely-Alternative Methods and Materials in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Graphic Design and Photography, by Merle Spandorfer, Jack Snyder and Deborah Curtiss, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996

Contact Us

In Person:
135 College Street, Suite 100
New Haven, CT 06510
Directions via Google Maps

By Phone:
Main Line: 203-785-3550
Waste Line: 203-432-6545
Emergency Line: 203-785-3555
Fax: 203-785-7588
Staff Directory
Find Your Safety Advisor

By E-mail:
Ask EHS Form

  • Launch EHS Integrator

    Visit EHS Integrator, the online portal  for managing research, clinical, and non-research compliance and operations.  

  • Waste Pickup/Supply Request

    Request a waste pickup for biological, chemical, radioactive or universal waste or request waste supplies. 

  • Find Your Safety Advisor

    Find your Safety Advisor, health and safety specialists assigned to a geographic area within the Yale community to assist in finding solutions to health and safety issue.

  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

    Find detailed information prepared by the manufacturer or importer of hazardous chemicals.