Country's most stringent controls will reduce ozone and prevent emissions of airborne toxins
DIAMOND BAR, CALIF. : Today the Air Resources Board adopted a regulation for air fresheners, paint thinners and multi-purpose solvents that will eliminate more than 14 tons-per-day of volatile organic compounds when fully implemented in 2014, and prohibits the use of several toxic air contaminants.
According to California's clean air laws, chemically created products used by homeowners and institutions are consumer products and subject to air pollution regulatory control. These emit nearly 255 tons-per-day of VOCs statewide. The sub-categories of products addressed by today's action emit 22 tons-per-day of the smog forming compounds.
"Consumer products are not widely recognized as a source of air pollution," said ARB Executive Officer James Goldstene. "But the millions of times a day these are sprayed, poured and painted generate a large cloud of fumes that can create ozone and contribute to California's smog problem."
The new regulation, which will result in one of the state's largest reductions of VOCs from consumer products,
