Vocs From Paint Carpeting And Furniture

New carpets are known for off gassing formaldehyde acetaldehyde benzene toluene and perchloroethylene which are all toxic chemicals known to negatively impact your health especially your liver.

Vocs from paint carpeting and furniture.

Volatile organic compounds are known as vocs. Types of vocs in carpets. Any paint store should stock low or no voc paint. According to this european commission report improving indoor air quality is one of the most profitable investments society can make and i completely agree.

Interestingly in carpets with styrene butadiene rubber latex adhesive backing the emission of 4 phenylcyclohexene is the main cause of such smell. New mattresses new carpets and new cars off gass toxic gasses continually potentially causing damaging conditions for people and especially children. 1 certain vocs have also been proven to cause cancer in animals and thus are suspected to cause cancer in humans. Specifically flooring made of vinyl carpet wood and wood composite may off gas vocs for years after installation.

Many renovation and building materials paint and new flooring for example release volatile organic compounds vocs so i m taking steps to reduce levels before we move in. Formaldehyde is one of the most common vocs used in flooring. Volatile organic compounds vocs are gases that are released into the air from ordinary products such as paint cleaning products furniture flooring and cosmetics. While paint was once a common source of vocs it s a lot easier to find other options these days.

1 unfortunately there are not many current source based articles or research available about. While materials like paint tend to emit vocs in the early part of the product s use within the home flooring can have the opposite concern. In addition new carpets may emit a strong and distinctive odor.