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Paint Fumes Targeted under New Law Levels of organic solvents in paints are to be strictly curtailed. The move, which is in response to a European paints directive and follows years of campaigning for safer paints, and applies to paints and varnishes used by professionals as well as do-it-yourself decorators, it includes emulsions for walls and gloss paint for wood. Paint used to repair and respray motor vehicles is also covered. The new regulations, which came into force from 1 November 2005, will see limits to the solvents in paints set from 1 January 2007. More stringent limits will be introduced from 1 January 2010. Construction union UCATT highlighted the long-term health effects of exposure to solvent based paints a decade ago, including solvent-related nervous system disorders, brain damage, cancers and breathing problems. Unions including UCATT and Amicus have won substantial compensation payments for workers developing solvent-related health problems. The government says the new lower solvent paints are not risk free “as some volatile organic compounds are genotoxic carcinogens and for these compounds no absolute guarantee of safety can be given no matter how low the level of exposure.” |
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