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Environmental impact of paint

Index Environmental impact of paint

The environmental impact of paint is diverse. [1]

30 relations: Acrylic paint, Aerospace, Biomimetic antifouling coating, Car, Chromate conversion coating, Dog whelk, Environment (biophysical), Environmentally friendly, Food chain, Fouling, Green Star (Australia), Heavy metals, Hexavalent chromium, Imposex, Lead, Lead poisoning, Lead-based paint in the United Kingdom, Lead-based paint in the United States, List of environmental issues, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Organotin chemistry, Paint recycling, Painting, Persistent organic pollutant, Primer (paint), Tributyltin, United States Department of Transportation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Volatile organic compound, Zinc chromate.

Acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.

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Aerospace

Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics).

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Biomimetic antifouling coating

Biomimetic antifouling coatings are special coatings that prevent the accumulation of marine organisms on a surface.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Chromate conversion coating

Chromate conversion coating is a type of conversion coating used to passivate steel, aluminium, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, magnesium, and tin alloys.

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Dog whelk

The dog whelk, dogwhelk, or Atlantic dogwinkle, scientific name Nucella lapillus, is a species of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

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Environment (biophysical)

A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution.

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Environmentally friendly

Environmentally friendly or environment-friendly, (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green) are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment.

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Food chain

A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria).

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Fouling

Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces to the detriment of function.

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Green Star (Australia)

Green Star is a voluntary sustainability rating system for buildings in Australia.

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Heavy metals

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.

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Hexavalent chromium

Hexavalent chromium (chromium(VI), Cr(VI), chromium 6) is any chemical compound that contains the element chromium in the +6 oxidation state (thus hexavalent).

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Imposex

Imposex is a disorder in sea snails caused by the toxic effects of certain marine pollutants.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body.

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Lead-based paint in the United Kingdom

Most lead-based paint in the United Kingdom was banned from sale to the general public in 1992, apart from for specialist uses.

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Lead-based paint in the United States

Lead-based paint was widely used in the United States, because of its durability.

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List of environmental issues

This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor.

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Organotin chemistry

Organotin compounds or stannanes are chemical compounds based on tin with hydrocarbon substituents.

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Paint recycling

Paint is a recyclable item.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Persistent organic pollutant

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.

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Primer (paint)

A primer or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting.

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Tributyltin

Tributyltin (TBT) is an umbrella term for a class of organotin compounds which contain the (C4H9)3Sn group, with a prominent example being tributyltin oxide.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Volatile organic compound

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary room temperature.

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Zinc chromate

Zinc chromate, ZnCrO4, is a chemical compound containing the chromate anion, appearing as odorless yellow powder or yellow-green crystals, but, when used for coatings, pigments are often added.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_paint

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