Zero VOC Paint / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...paint (even low or zero VOC products) is applied. The odor is only noticeable for the first few days after the paint dries, but the toxins continue to off-gas for 3-5 years afterward. According to the environmental standard Green Seal, only 50% of the VOC paint emissions in a new coat of latex paint are emitted in the ...

...paints, often labelled as low-VOC paints or zero VOC paints. The move towards safe paint has led to a noticeable improvement in indoor air quality since the mid-seventies, and better even in the last decade. But paints based on petrochemical solvents still represent over half the paints on the market and will release V...