| ECOLOGY | Despite years of environmental pressure to reduce the volatile organic compound (VOC) component in paints, solvent systems are still king, comprising 47% of the U.S. paint market, according to Steven Nerlfi of consultants Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney. Government pressure to reduce the contributions these systems can make to ground-level ozone formation (smog) has reached its limit, he says. Most formulators have either substituted acceptable solvents or reduced solvent content to produce acceptable high-solids paint systems |
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