INTRODUCTION
What is Paint?
• Generally includes pigment (colour)• Carried by a resin and binder• A solvent to help the paint application and a dryer. • In vinyl and acrylic paints they will also include plastic
compounds. • Some paint will include formaldehyde, arsenic, thinners and
flamers.
Tittle
Harmful Effect of Paint to Environment and Human
Environment;
• The environmental impact of paint is various• Traditional painting materials and processes can have harmful
effects on the environment• Including those from the use of lead and other additives
Human;• Prolonged or high exposure to paint and paint fumes can cause, headaches trigger allergies asthmatic reactions irritate skin Eyes airways
• It’s put increased stress on vital organs such as the heart
*20 % to 40 % increased risk of lung cancer for those come into regular contact with or work with paint.
Off Gassing
Definition:
• Give off a chemical, especially a harmful one or in the form of a gas• There is growing concern environmentalists about ‘off gassing’• The process by which chemicals continue to release volatile toxins into the
atmosphere long after their application is complete
Volatile Organic Compounds
Definition:
• An organic compounds• Have high vapour pressure at ordinary, room temperature conditions.
During the life-time of the paint on your walls, it will also continue to release chemicals into the environment as invisible paint pollution.
Effects on the Environment
When VOC’s react with oxygen;
• It’s can form “bad” ozone in the presence of sunlight• The reason is the contributory factor to the greenhouse effect and a cause of
global warming• Paints and varnishes to causing as much as five percent of all VOC emissions• The paint is one of the mainly problem causing this happens.
