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According to the National Capital Poison Center (NCPC),water-based paints can cause vomiting if swallowed inlarge amounts, and oil-based paints can contain highlypoisonous solvents. Lead paints, often found on thewalls of older homes, can chip and be picked up bychildren and ingested.
Beside this, what would happen if you drank paint?
Some health effects are cardiac arrhythmia, memory loss,confusion, respiratory difficulty, kidney failure, increased bloodpressure, liver failure, abdominal pain, headache, and anemia.Drinking paint could also result in seizures, brain damage,coma, or death. Yep. You do not want to be drinkingpaint.
Exposure to paint fumes: What are the risks?
- irritation of the eyes, nose, or throat.
- headache.
- feeling dizzy or light-headed.
- nausea.
- trouble breathing.
Secondly, can you die from eating paint?
Swallowing latex paint does not poison the body,though. Dry pieces of latex paint are not poisonous toswallow - but they can be a risk for choking. Oil-basedpaints also can irritate the skin. They cancause stomach upset if swallowed.
They only become toxic when used for airbrushing, orwhen sanded, or if large amounts are accidentally ingested. For themost part, when you use them for typical acrylic paintingpurposes (applying them with a brush to the canvas), then theywon't be harmful to you.