NEW CAR SMELL – VOC RESTRICTIONS
September 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEJAPANESE car manufacturers have agreed to limit the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in vehicles - that cause the distinctive 'new car smell' - to levels allowed in homes. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association will apply the new standards from vehicles manufactured in 2007, albeit initially only to new model cars both made and sold in Japan. Member companies, such as Toyota, will have to reduce VOC emissions from substances such as styrene, formaldehyde, xylene and diazinon, used in plastics, vinyl, paints and adhesives in car interiors. ...
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