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Painting perils & urban greenbelts.(EARTH TALK: Questions & Answers About Our Environment)

Publication: E
Publication Date: 01-MAR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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I'm moving into a freshly painted apartment, and am curious to know whether it makes any sense to repaint the walls with non-toxic paint in hopes of "'covering up" the toxic stuff already there. Or is it too late?--Erin East, New York,

Conventional indoor paints do release potentially and...

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...toxic chemicals during shortly after application; though once paint is dry the majority of the offending substances, known as "volatile organic compounds" or "VOCs," tend to stay sealed up. Most people will not be affected once the telltale new paint smell has faded away.

If someone is suffering adverse health effects from exposure to flesh...

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