Safe Paint: Interior Paints Impact Indoor Air Quality & Health
If you are painting your home, consider the impact that painting your home will have on the quality of the air you breath, everyday, all day.
Consider the safety of the VOC’s (volitile organic compounds) that the paints release into your home. Do we really want to be breathing it all in? Lung Disease, Asthma and allergies are all on the rise in our country and indoor air quality is part of the problem.
We all want our home to look it’s best, but what good is an amazing looking home, if it’s not safe for you and your family to live in. Make sure you build safety into the fundamental base of a design plan for your home.
Gorgeous Color Can Be Safe
To avoid the health risk you will want to look for Low or preferably Zero VOC paint. The following manufacturers have lines that you can try:
Consider the following brands manufacturing “Safe Paint”
- Benjamin Moore EcoSpec
- Sherwin Williams Harmony – Interior Latex
- Dunn Edwards Ecoshield Interior Latex Flat – personally Dunn-Edwards is a pain in the you know what – anytime I’ve tried to buy paint, or quart size samples – they want me to come back to pick it up in 24 hours – what’s with that!
To learn more about safe paint, check out the following resources:
Check out these resources:
Buying Guide – Paint – The Green Guide.
Interior Paints: Which low VOC paint is best?.
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T- I didn’t realize how harmful the paints can be. I’ll be sure to use VOC paint next time!
Tania,
I just saw your link up from Tuesday, I have no idea how I missed it. Anyway, I tell people this ALL OF THE TIME! VOC’s are terrible. When we purchased this house 2 years ago we repainted every room w/no VOC paints and everyone asks where we got such beautiful colors. When I tell them it’s No VOC they can’t believe it. Thanks for sharing.