Paints, Varnishes Or Shellacs

19YOM WAS BURNING A FIRE IN A BARREL AND THREW AN AEROSOL PAINT CAN IN AND IT EXPLODED, AND A LOT OF THE PAIN GOT HIS ARMS AND HIS RIGHT FACE., UNKNOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. DX: ARM BURN AND FACE BURN

79YOF C/O R KNEE PAIN & SWELLING AFTER SLIPPED ON PAINT LAST NIGHT DX KNEE PAIN

51YOF PRESENTS WITH COUGH THAT HAS LASTED FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 DAYS, REPORTS IT STARTED AFTER SHE HAD BEEN REFINISHING FLOORS AND WAS EXPOSED TO POLYURETHANE. DX: BRONCHITIS

28YOM REDNESS AND PAIN TO FINGER WHEN HAVING A FINGER ABRASION AND GOT SPRAY PAINT IN ITDX PARONYCHIA FINGER

51YOM PAINTING IN SMALL ROOM WITH DOOR SHUT AND C/O DIZZINESS AND VOMITINGDX CVA

61YOM STATES THAT HE WAS PAINTING AND DOING CHORES AROUND HIS HOUSE WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS CHEST AND UPPER BACK DX: ACUTE THORACIC BACK PAIN

73YOF PRESENTS AFTER SHE TRIPPED OVER A PAINT CAN IN HER BASEMENT AND FELL ONTO HER RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT HIP. DX: PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER; PAIN IN RIGHT HIP

49 YOF R SHOUDLER PAIN PAINTING AT HOME DX; SHOULDER PAIN

57YOF WITH SOB AND WORSENING ASTHMA AND STATES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO HER HOUSE TO DO TREATMENT ON THE WALLS DUE TO LEAD PAINT DX: ASTHMA

15MOF TO ER W/ MOM COMING FROM PEDIATRICIAN THIS AM & HAVING A LEAD LEVEL 27 2 X'S, PEDITRICIIAN SAD TO BRING PT TO ER , MOM SAYS LIVES IN RELATIVLY NEW HOME, MOM SAYS HAS NOTICED PT EATING PAINT CHIPS LATELY , PT HAD LAB DRAWN , MOM & BABY LEFT ER W/O COMPLETING SERVICE DX ENCOUNTER FOR SCREENING, ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVEL

79 YOM WAS UP PAINTING THIS MORNING, GOT UP FROM A CHAIR AND TRIPPED OVER THE CHAIR FALLING OVER. DX: EAR ABRASION LEFT.

27YOM C/O LEFT KNEE PAIN S/P PT STATES LAST WEDNESDAY HE WAS PAINTING AND FELT POPS IN HIS KNEE WITH IMMEDIATE PAIN. DX: LEFT KNEE PAIN

I am an accredited U.S.EPA instructor and University research member. As such parents from around the states contact me when they have concerns over Lead. Recently, a parent from Florida contacted me because her child had a lead level of 11ug and her house was not painted with lead paint. The home was constructed in 1978. Interviewing the parent I discovered that they recently had a bathroom remodeled and no one controlled the dust. A certified inspector was called to the home and discovered that the remaining tile (just like that remodeled) registered over 20mg/cm2. It is possible the child was contaminated by the remodeling dust because he crawled on the carpet close to the area remodeled and only normal house cleaning (not abatement cleaning) was used. The parent's, now being aware of lead and its hazards panicked and had everything in the house tested. The child's school project painted with "Coloration" Green Glitter Paint registered (.4mg/cm2). This product concerns me. Many teachers buy this product from "Discount School Supplies" on line. Can CPSC test the product as purchased from this online service or do you want me to get the actual bottle from the preschool where the Florida child attended. (Issue 2)... Several years ago, the Southern Nevada Health Department closed down some [REDACTED] shops for excessively high levels of lead dust in the shops. The shop owners were made to abate the shops and asked to purchase un leaded ceramic paints. I thought they would comply but a student in one of my lead classes brought in a freshly painted ceramic plate made by his granddaughter in one of our local Las Vegas shops. It registered 8.6 to 5.6 mg/cm2. I thought ceramic paint (hobby paint) was now limited to 100ppm. Thank you for any help in this matter. Please let me know what else I can do to help. [REDACTED]

The consumer stated that she has a chemical sensitivity. After her living room was painted on May 21, 2023, she had an allergic reaction to something in the paint. There was a smell like formaldehyde. Her throat was sore. She had headaches and a sinus infection. The consumer stated that when her son came to visit, he was also affected by the smell of the paint. The consumer contacted the firm to find out what was in the paint but was told that the information is proprietary. The consumer sought medical attention.

Prior to getting sick I was exercising 6 - 7 days a week; teaching at least 4 [REDACTED] classes a week and swimming twice a week. I was growing my business and hired a couple of instructors. Plus I was involved in a project for filming for [REDACTED]. I was healthy and fit and rarely got sick. If I did get sick, symptoms were mild and usually only lasted a couple of days. But it all changed after we got our new hardwood floors placed with Glitsa Swedish Finish by a local hardwood floor company (Goss Floors). Because there were multiple other stressors occurring, it took awhile to figure out why I wasn't getting better. After what initially seemed to be a cold continued to manifest with worsening fatigue and lung pain, I was diagnosed with reactivation of EBV (mono virus). I thought maybe I had done too much with multiple work projects as well as renovating the upstairs of our home and dealing with a cat who had been sick for months. I started to question whether I had the capacity to do a large scale project and work alongside well-known professionals. My illness was initially blamed on pneumonia, but even after antibiotics, normal lab results except for EBV, I felt something was wrong. The one thing that concerned me was that my lung capacity when tested with an Incentive Spirometer was abnormal. Though it was blamed on inflammation. But what was causing the inflammation? Pneumonia continued to be ruled out by multiple providers. And yes, there was the reactivation of EBV, but something else seemed wrong. The final straw was waking up early on a Monday morning and having difficulty breathing. I felt I couldn't take a full deep breath and started getting anxious. After an hour of not being able to sleep and struggling with breathing, I had my husband take me to the ER. However, my vital signs were stable and since my previous lab work and Chest X-ray were normal, the doctor didn't know what else to do. I remember starting to cry, because I knew something was

I purchased Olympic Premium interior, eggshell, latex paint at Lowe's. The batch number is 02v36486. P.P.G. says the paint was made in February 2011 and there should be an "M" at the end. The Material Safety Data Sheet, provided by Lowe's was prepared on November 7, 2000, (Product Code 72401). Has the paint's formula changed in 11 years? I painted a bedroom on September 1. The next day the painted walls smelled stronger than when the paint was wet. I went online and found about 9 cases involving Olympic zero -VOC paint with the same problem. Some said the smell was still there a year later. So I complained to the store on September 5th. By this time, the odor was burning my nose and mouth. On September 9th, Lowe's manager and Loss Prevention Officer came to photograph the room and collect the leftover paint for testing. On September 13th, I moved out of the house, and received medical attention for acute sinusitis. Other people said the smell was very strong, like formaldehyde, but not burning. The problem was gone when I left the house. I don't know what happened to my leftover paint. It was not tested. P.P.G. sent an e-mail saying that they tested "retains" from the same batch and other batches of paint. All of them came out pure and clean, all the chemicals are E.P.A. approved, and I am the only one with a problem. What's more, they said, the loss prevention people didn't smell anything at all. Is it safe to shellac over the offending smell, or better to tear out the walls? Many other brands of zero-VOC paint have had this problem too. It doesn't happen with every can, what's going on?

I live with my wife and two year old son. We used three cans of Rust-Oleum black satin countertop coating in our house. The paint didn't work, so my wife sanded the paint leaving the black dust from the paint all over and coated it with a feather cement. The original coats of paint went on in March, and the sanding happened around July 24, 2018. We had cleaned up the dust with a wet rag and vacuum, but I am very concerned about lead exposure for my son. Additionally, the paint ruined our countertops and we are in the process of having them replaced.

I was a first time user of Alpine Roof Paint Semi Gloss, when after applied on a metal roof, I slipped and fell off that roof and suffered serious head trauma, and shattered elbow. The manufacturer states my failure to wear fall protection caused my fall, but as I explained to the retailer I had never painted a metal roof prior to the incident. Also, I was not a roofer nor had knowledge of the OSHA REQUIREMENTS. I walked on this metal roof for 5 days preparing it for paint prior to the incident; even during a period of pressure washing. I slipped off the roof the day (20 hours) after I applied this roof paint in warm sunny weather, well within parameters of the label's instruction for recoat. Common sense and reason dictates the the slippery condition of this roof paint caused my fall. The slippery condition of this roof paint makes for a dangerous situation. I certainly did not expect nor was prepared for the slippery condition of the roof paint!!! The manufacturer failed to warn me of the product's dangerous propensities. They did not require me to have knowledge of or certification in OSHA roofing safety standards.

In the course of our work we often spot prime some of our parts when required. The product we use is Zinsser "Bulls Eye 123". It is a stain blocker/primer in a 16oz. spray can. This morning an employee of ours was shaking the can as directed by the manufacturer's application label only to have the can explode in his hand. Metal from the can pierced the side of his hand with a rather deep laceration. Medical attention was required and administered immediately at the local emergency room. There is a high risk infection as paint entered the wound and will need to be monitored through follow up visits. We still have several more cans of this paint that we will dispose of as they are of the same manufacturing batch.

Text of Consumer's Complaint: I purchased four cans of 3M Professional Grade Rubberized Undercoating (Stage 4) for my new pickup truck. Copies of the can are included to help you identify what I used. I read the directions before using this product, and nowhere on the can does it say that an organic respirator needs to be worn while applying this undercoating. I am usually extremely careful about not breathing in any fumes, pesticides or herbicides and I almost always wear a respirator if I think the fumes may be harmful. I did not wear a respirator while applying this undercoating because I was outside and I was keeping my face away from the spray. After using two cans per rear fender, for a total of four cans, I had to run into the house and I had diarrhea. Then I started to feel nauseous and I developed a headache shortly thereafter. I have had soar lungs and a headache for over two weeks now. I saw my doctor today and she is starting me on prednisone for a couple of weeks to try to bring the swelling in my lungs down. I believe that this product is way too toxic to be allowed to be used at the consumer level. There should be a warning on the can that an organic respirator has to be worn while applying this product, along with a picture of what this type of respirator looks like as most consumers won't know. I am very upset about damaging my lungs with this undercoating. I hope your agency will test the toxicity of this product and ban it from consumer use if it proves to be too toxic for consumer use.