Green coatings: a trend that is becoming the rule rather than the exception

JCT CoatingsTech, Jan, 2008 by Ravi Joshi, Theodore Provder, Konnie Kustron

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by Ravi Joshi, * ([dagger]) Theodore Provder, * ([dagger]) and Konnie Kustron ([dagger])

Eastern Michigan University*

*Coatings Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

([dagger]) College of Technology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

Figure 1 -- Historical progression of key environmental legislations.

1955 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) lowered the limit
of lead in paint to 1.0%
1966 -- Rule 66 promulgated by the Los Angeles Air Pollution Control
Department (LAAPC) regarding VOC emissions
1967 -- EPA established the Clean Air Act (CAA)
1977 -- Clean Air Act amended
1978 -- CPSC bans white lead paint (limit of lead in paint below 0.06%)
1987 -- The California Air Toxics Hot Spot Information and Assessment
Act
1990 -- Second major amendment in CAA: development of MACT standards,
Ozone Transport Committee (OTC) established, State
Implementation Plan (SIP)'s required