Paints and the enviroment

Health and Environment Information!

Health and Environment Information!
Paints are manufactured using a wide range of organic and inorganic materials. They can contain components that can impact adversely on the environment at different stages of the product’s life cycle releasing solvents and toxic substances during production, application, the service life of the coating and disposal. A major consequence of VOC emissions is global warming – VOCs play a significant role with respect to the creation of the greenhouse effect. When evaporating, the solvents contained in paint emit VOCs into the atmosphere. Further, some chemically very stable VOCs participate in the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer : this is the famous hole in the ozone layer.

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