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1. Elite Crete Floor
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2. Volatile organic compounds or
VOCs are gases emitted from
various chemicals—whether solid
or liquid. According to the United
State Environmental Protection
Agency, some VOCs might have
short term and long term
consequences that may adversely
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3. Several cases of indoor VOC
contamination included reports
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asthma and bronchitis is also a
common observation among
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4. Furthermore, there were a
handful of cases that
alleges the link between
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the development of lung
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5. What alarms concerned entities
and individuals is that VOCs are
said to be more concentrated
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concluded that the relative
concentration of harmful VOCs is
up to ten times higher indoors
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6. In layman interpretation, it seems
as if indoor air is even more
dangerous than polluted outdoor
air.
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7. In more recent studies, experts
have found out that a lot of floor
coating solutions actually contain
high VOC concentration.
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controversy, is actually one of the
major markets for floor coating
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8. Because of this, stricter rules
were implemented in
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9. Listed below is a list of Elite
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• E100-NV4™ Novolac epoxy system
• E100-NV5™ Super duty novolac epoxy system
• E100-PT1™ 100% true solid self-leveling clear
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• E100-PT3™ Clear, waterborne epoxy
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11. Wouldn’t it be great to start using
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12. With VOC-free floor coating
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14. The company continues to
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