We’ve discussed VOCs on this blog in the past, but it’s time to go a bit more in-depth. There are more than 10,000 chemicals that can be used in normal paints. About 300 of these are toxins and 150 are known carcinogens. Enter VOCs, one of the main contaminants of…
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) recently passed the nation’s first regulation on VOC levels in painting and coating colorants. SCAQMD passes regulations relating to air quality in the greater Los Angeles area. While the new rules won’t go into effect until January 1, 2014 this is big…
In a bit of “VOCs news”, Sherwin Williams was recently reprimanded by the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division (NAD) for misleading claims in its Harmony paint line. Interestingly enough, it was Benjamin Moore who brought Harmony’s advertising claims to the attention of the NAD. Benjamin Moore also has a…