Article: Eco-minded purer.

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While Southern California may be viewed as the bastion of self-indulgence, its preoccupation with good looks and, in particular, healthy living may be working for the greater good. Its South Coast Air Quality Management District has legislated less harmful chemicals in paints. As a consequence, paint manufacturers are going back into the laboratory to find ways to implement these new stringent requirements that offer the promise of better air quality.

Earmarked by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the specific chemicals in paint called VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, off-gas into the atmosphere, and according to the ...

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