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Stores in NYC with Eco-Friendly, Gadget-y Gifts?, Re-nest
Mar 25, 2011
This is a topic we've been screaming about to deaf ears for quite a long time. According to the EPA, a volatile organic compound is classified as any carbon-based chemical that is readily vaporized at room temperature, that can react with nitrogen and UV, thus creating smog. However, when the EPA created the VOC regs, they gave specific exemption to several chemicals that are still carbon-based, but do not react to create smog. Ammonia and butyl acetate are two of the more common ones. Anyway, when paint companies use these and similar chemicals in their formulas, they can have the VOC test results show that the paint is Zero VOC less exempt compounds. Otherwise known as, "Calculated VOC".
