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Am I the only person who is mystified about whether or not VMC paints are toxic? The label on all of the bottles says "Health Label", and then underneath that, "No Health Labeling Required". Now, it had the SAME text on a bottle of VMC Flat Yellow, and that contains Cadmium, so the bottle was saying "No Health Labeling Required" and "Warning: Contains Cadmium".

_Tim, confusedly

The cadmium statement is apparently due to a California law. Cadmium has been used in yellow paints for ages, as long as you don't make a habit of ingesting it you will probably be fine.

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/gb/safety-gb.html

Google...?

But yeah Zuul is correct, it's by law that they state the chemical is present in their mix.