Construction applications represent some two-thirds of all PVC use. As a building material PVC is cheap, easy-to-install, and easy to replace. While on its surface PVC may appear to be the ideal building material, it has high environmental and human health costs that its manufacturers fail to tell consumers.

The quality of the air in your home and workplace directly affects your health. The average adult breathes approximately 13,000 liters of air each day, along with whatever pollutants happen to be mixed in. Your immune system works to protect you from toxins, but it can only handle so much. If these toxins overload your body, your immune system cannot keep up and it breaks down. The EPA has estimated that indoor air pollution kills 11,400 people each year.

Have you just painted the walls in your house and are bothered by irritating odors and chemical off-gassing?  Wondering how long you will be able to smell the paint and what the dangers and health effects are? Concerned that your baby's nursery isn't as safe as you tried to make it? Learn more about the dangers of not knowing enough about paint and how to choose the right products.