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Green Resource Guide for Auto Body and Paint
Please visit the links below for pollution prevention information for the auto body and paint industry.
- Aerosol Cleaner Use in Auto Repair (California Department of Public Health - CDPH)
- Alternatives to VOC Emitting Petroleum Based Lubricants and Chlorinated Paraffin Lubricants - 2004 (Katy Wolf, Institute for Research and Technical Assistance - IRTA)
- Assessment, Development and Demonstration of Alternatives for Five Emerging Solvents - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- Assessment, Development and Demonstration of Alternatives to VOC-Emitting Lubricants, Vanishing Oils and Rust Inhibitors - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- Alternative to VOC emitting Lubricants, vanishing oils & rust inhibitors (2008 Julia Quint presentation)
- Alternative to VOC emitting Lubricants, vanishing oils & rust inhibitors (2008 Katy Wolf presentation)
- Auto Body and Paint Shops Project (CA Dep’t of Toxic Substances Control - DTSC)
- Automotive Aerosol Cleaning Products: Lov-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
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California Air Resources Board (CARB) VOC Rule Changes in 2010-2013
- California Proposition 65: Toxics Law You Need to Know (SFDPH)
- Cleaning Products
- Compliance Tips for Automotive Refinishing Shop
- Painters and Owners Also available in Spanish and Chinese (Bay Area Air Quality Management District – BAAQMD)
Green Business Program Resource For assistance across the U.S. (Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network, WSPPN)- Green Cleaning Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment
- Guide to Solvent Safety (CDPH)
- Handling Universal Waste (SFDPH)
- Injury, Illness & Pollution Prevention in Auto Repair (CDPH)
- Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup and Thinning Solvents - 2007 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup and Thinning Solvents (Julia Quint presentation 2008)
- Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup & Solvents (Katy Wolf presentation 2008)
- Making a Difference for the Planet and Your Bottom Line with U.S. EPA Climate Partnership Programs (Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center -PPRC- and US Environmental Protection Agency -EPA)
- Methylene Chloride Fact Sheet (CDPH)
- Methylene Chloride Consumer Product Paint Strippers: Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- n-Bromopropane Hazard Alert (CDPH)
- Perchloroethylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
- Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange, P2Rx (WSPPN)
- Safer Alternatives to Solvent Aerosol Automotive Cleaning Products - 2004 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- Tert-Butyl Acetate: Safer Alternatives in Cleaning and Thinning Applications -2007 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
- Toluene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
- Trichloroethylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
- Understanding Toxic Substances: An Introduction to Chemical Hazards in the Workplace (CDPH)
- Xylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)