Calif. bans high-emission paint thinners, solvents

[The Straight Story]

Calif. bans high-emission paint thinners, solvents

(AP) – 31 minutes ago

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California air regulators have approved strict regulations for aerosol air fresheners, paint thinners and solvents as a way to lessen smog-forming emissions and what they see as a health threat.

The state Air Resources Board voted Thursday to ban the sale of products that emit high levels of so-called volatile organic compounds. The rules are the toughest state mandate in the nation and will take effect Dec. 31, 2013.

Regulators say emissions from those household products increase ozone gas in the atmosphere, which contributes to asthma and cancer cases.

Industry representatives say developing new formulas for hundreds of products will take more time than the regulations allow.

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[Arctic Dave]

1. VOC's are nasty. I'm suprised they weren't regulated more already.

[Xicano]

2. Back when I worked at Douglas Aircraft

We couldn't use MEK because it was banned due to emissions. For a short time we were using a solvent called CF-50, but, then that was banned too. Then up to the time I left they were using 111-Trichloroethane.

[Greyhound]

3. Are they still putting MTBE in their gas? n/t

[Luminous Animal]

4. After several years of fighting off lawsuits from refineries & Canada

I believe it was successfully banned in 2003.

[Greyhound]

5. Yay! n/t