Fog machine`s Adverse effects on respiratory health

[mothakaf]

Most fog machines create the fog by either vaporizing a water and glycole based or glycerin-based fluid or a mineral-oil-based fog via atomization

Adverse effects on respiratory health
Although often believed to be safe to breathe, exposure to mineral oil, glycol and glycerin-based theatrical fogs produced from fog or haze machines have been associated with adverse short and long-term effects on respiratory health in exposed performers and crew members, especially those with respiratory problems (such as asthma). One should therefore avoid breathing generated smoke or fog.[1] It is safer to add smoke effects digitally in postproduction of films than to use theatrical smokes on set. Glycol-based fog is associated with headaches, dizziness, drowsiness and tiredness in those exposed. These results would be expected given that glycols share some chemical similarities to alcohols and given the small size of fog particles making it easy for them to enter the bloodstream. Symptoms of wheezing and chest tightness were associated with longterm exposure to theatrical smoke and fogs.

[Satire]

PM me your e-mail address and I will send you a report on long term exposure to the fogs, it's a very good read, written by a whole crew of medical experts for the Broadway performers who were concerned about it.

[dc2k08]

sounds interesting, what was the general verdict on that report satire? it's not online anywhere ?

[slianfoxob]

I would also imagine that the liquid used in Fog machines is not Food Grade PG like what is supposedly in the liquids we use...

although...I have been rather sleepy lately...hehe.

Satire - if you have a link to the article you referred to I think a lot of us would certainly be interested having a read

Foxy

[Smokin]

I don't know who published the attached but the references may prove useful reading.

http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Musi.../drkp_tn10.pdf