Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whatever colour paint you choose, it can pay to 'think green' when decorating – because as well as being better for the ...

Most people routinely plan on leaving their home for hours or even days after they've had it re-painted. The paint fumes are just too strong and aggravating. To the rescue is a type of paint that not ...

Nothing defines the character of a building or a room like its coat of paint. But these days, paint is more than just an eye-catching color. The scientists, engineers and chemists at PPG, for example, ...

Among the buzzwords in today's paint industry are volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Responding to increasing consumer demands for green products, manufacturers are reducing VOC levels, supporting ...

At my area home center I'm seeing more interior paints whose cans say the finishes have low or no VOCs. What are VOCs and what do the numbers mean? The seal has definitely been broken on the issue of ...

Avoid toxic chemicals in paint by choosing safe paint for lower health risks. I have to admit that I like the smell of fresh paint. Having lived in a collection of motley old apartments and homes, I ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 12, TUV Rheinland, an international independent third-party testing, inspection and certification organization, issued a China-mark for Low VOC Emission and ...