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Normally, I don't give too much thought to the issue, since I figure if you're going to take your kids out, you know the possibilites, and you run the risk. We have the issues, we're usually the host, so it's not much of an issue here.

However, the recent posting I read about fog machines did stop to make me think.

I don't use them, as I posted in that thread because it triggers asthma and two of mine have it. But, I did stop to wonder how many people go all out, and use fog machines and other such things like strobe lights (triggers epilepsy, also in our household) without realizing the possibilites?

Does any of this ever occur to you guys when you're decorating and setting up your yard decos, haunted houses, or spook yards?

We do our fog machine and strobe lights in the graveyard in the back yard. Our party is family and friends that we know.... and have none of those issues. I haven't really ever thought about those issues though... but if I had to work around them... I would.

we use fog machines and we never have a problem. but i suggest some more research if your worried

i think most people have their fog machines on the ground so the fog is low lying, i don't think it would cause much of an asthma problem that way, and most people do it outside in their cemetery area so again it should not be an issue.  i do use strobe lights both inside and out, i have not thought about seizures to be honest.  none of my friends have epilepsy or are prone to seizures so i'm okay there.  as far as outside on my lawn, i think parents need to be aware and use their best judgement then.  the strobe lights again are in the cemetery and they are not in anyones face, so it should be okay.  but if someone has an issue, they should act accordingly and responsibly.

We don't use strobe lights, I will not do them because I had a friend in High School that had seizures.  My Granddaughters Uncle just had a seizure after being exposed to some strobe lights for a long time. It was his first ever. Docs do not know why it happened, They did the strobe light test on him to see if they could induce another. No such luck. He is 16. I think there were some other things that contributed to his seizure. As for the fog machines, my son had asthma growing up, fog machines did not cause any ill effects. But you never know.

Parents should use caution when going out with their kids. The kids that go out by them self should be old enough to look our for them self, or they should not go out by them self. That is just common sense.

i agree, just use common sense. 

i always use fog machines

Good point for people with breathing problems. I have never used a fog machine nor do I know anyone who has.