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J.Health Sci., 50(6), 570-575, 2004
Testing the Awareness of Hazardous Nature of Printmaking Materials among Printmaking
Students in Traditional and Non-Toxic Printmaking Programs
Bassam Naser Radaydeha and Sameer Abd-Alkareem
Otoom*, b
aFaculty of Fine arts, Yarmouk University, Irbid-Jordan and
bDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University
of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
Objective: The literature documents and supports the fact that many art supplies contain toxic substances which
are considered harmful to the health of artists, teachers, and students. The goal of this study is to investigate printmaking
students awareness of hazardous printmaking materials. Methods: A questionnaire consists of seven questions was
mailed to a 130 students from non-toxic printmaking programs, and 130 students from traditional printmaking
programs in 10 liberal arts colleges and universities in the United States and Canada (5 universities for the safe
printmaking program, and 5 for the traditional program). A total of 189 printmaking students responded to the
survey instrument. The questionnaire sought information on demographic characteristics of respondents, and the
awareness of students of the hazardous nature of printmaking materials. Information collected from the
questionnaire was coded for the purpose of entering it into a computer for statistical analysis (SPSS Program). Results: It was
found that printmaking students in both programs were moderately aware of the toxic nature of printmaking
materials, but the t-test analysis showed non-toxic printmaking students were more aware than traditional printmaking
students. Conclusion: This study pointed to the importance of increasing awareness of students to art materials in the
traditional program.
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