ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PAINT

Preparded by :

Tan Wen HaoTan Chuu YeeTan Kai Sin

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

• The is a contributory factor of the greenhouse effect and a cause of global warming

• Paints and varnishes are causing as much as five percent of all VOC emissions• The paint is one of the mainly problem causing this happens.

VOC's +

( react with )

Oxygen

" bad " ozone in the presence of sunlight

Toxic Boat Paint• Paint used to deter limpets, mussels and other sea organisms from sticking to the

bottom of boats has been labelled as the most toxic substance ever to be unleased on the marine environment.

• Tributyltin as known as TBT was condemned as much as forty years ago when its harm as an endocrine-disrupter were first noted.

• Since then, it has done untold harm to such sea creatures as oysters, harbor porpoises, mussels, clams, abalone, gastropods and skipjack tuna as well as generally polluting the sea.

Ways to reduce the impacts

• Measures can be taken to reduce environment impact, including accurately estimating paint quantities so wasted is minimized, and the use of environmentally preferred paints, coating, accessories and techniques.