EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Design for the Environment (DfE) project developed a wall paint exposure assessment model for interior latex and alkyd paints, in collaboration with the National Paints and Coatings Association (NPCA), paint manufacturers and chemical suppliers.
The purpose of the model is to allow industry product developers and health and safety officials to more easily and accurately identify chemicals in paint formulations that may pose potential exposure problems. It is envisioned that identification and/or evaluation of potentially problematic chemicals will be done by individual paint manufacturers and chemical suppliers during the design stage of paint development and/or during a product-stewardship effort to fully assess a current line of products.
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