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From the Green Guide:

"Natural Paints Put to the Test," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/122/paint

"Green Home Upgrades," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/113/upgrades

"Testing for Lead in Peeling Paint," www.thegreenguide.com/doc/109/lead

From Outside Sources:

Chang, John C.S. "Capstone Report of the Development of a Standard Test Method for VOC Emissions from Interior Latex and Alkyd Paints," November 2001, Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/appcdwww/iemb/EPA-600-R-01-093.pdf.

"Choose Green Report," Green Seal, www.greenseal.org/cgrs/CGR_Paints.pdf.

Clean Air Counts: www.cleanaircounts.org, 312-554-0900

Construction Resources: www.constructionresources.com, 442-750-2211

"Detecting and Removing Lead Paint," Children's Health Environmental Coalition, www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=347.

Dickey, Phillip. "Paints, Solvents, and Wood Preservatives: Protecting Your Wood and Your Health," Washington Toxics Coalition, www.watoxics.org.

Green Seal: www.greenseal.org/standards/paints.htm

Green Living Center: www.greenliving.org/healthyliving/paints.html

Malin, Nadav. "Paint the Room Green," Environmental Building News, February 1999.

Steadman, Lauren. "Glossing Over the Facts," Ethical Consumer October/November 2002, www.ethicalconsumer.org.

Steinman, David and Samuel Epstein, M.D. The Safe Shopper's Bible, Macmillan, 1995

'Traditional, Ecological and Conventional Paints," Bricks and Brass, www.bricksandbracks.co.uk.

"What are VOCs?" Environmental Home Center, www.environmentalhomecenter.com

--by Andreea Matei
October 31, 2003