Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint

Acrylic paints are fast drying water based paints that are easy to handle and have a high covering capacity and therefore possess many characteristics that make them applicable in a wide range of applications, such as varnishes or artists paints. Due to their emitted volatile organic compounds, thes...

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Autores principales: Bauer, Patrick, Buettner, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555813
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00350
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description Acrylic paints are fast drying water based paints that are easy to handle and have a high covering capacity and therefore possess many characteristics that make them applicable in a wide range of applications, such as varnishes or artists paints. Due to their emitted volatile organic compounds, these paints are associated with different work-related diseases and are known to emit an unpleasant odor. In this study six acrylic paints for artists were analyzed regarding their odor-active constituents. Therefore, the samples were extracted with dichloromethane and purified via solvent assisted flavor evaporation prior to analysis of the distillates by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O), and GC-GC-MS/O. Additionally all samples were sensorially characterized by a trained sensory panel. The identified odorous substances were primarily benzene derivatives (styrene, ethylbenzene, allylbenzene, propylbenzene) with a plastic-like, aromatic and solvent-like odor. Thereby, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, indane, and tetralin derivatives) contributed to the plastic- and mothball-like odor whereas acrylic monomers (butyl acrylate) were found to be responsible for a mushroom-like and geranium leaf-like odor. As most of these substances are also known to be harmful, a reduction or replacement of these substances by less toxic and non-odor active ingredients is likely to turn out to be advisable in order to reduce the odor and potential negative physiological effects of paints.
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spelling pubmed-62816832018-12-14 Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint Bauer, Patrick Buettner, Andrea Front Public Health Public Health Acrylic paints are fast drying water based paints that are easy to handle and have a high covering capacity and therefore possess many characteristics that make them applicable in a wide range of applications, such as varnishes or artists paints. Due to their emitted volatile organic compounds, these paints are associated with different work-related diseases and are known to emit an unpleasant odor. In this study six acrylic paints for artists were analyzed regarding their odor-active constituents. Therefore, the samples were extracted with dichloromethane and purified via solvent assisted flavor evaporation prior to analysis of the distillates by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O), and GC-GC-MS/O. Additionally all samples were sensorially characterized by a trained sensory panel. The identified odorous substances were primarily benzene derivatives (styrene, ethylbenzene, allylbenzene, propylbenzene) with a plastic-like, aromatic and solvent-like odor. Thereby, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, indane, and tetralin derivatives) contributed to the plastic- and mothball-like odor whereas acrylic monomers (butyl acrylate) were found to be responsible for a mushroom-like and geranium leaf-like odor. As most of these substances are also known to be harmful, a reduction or replacement of these substances by less toxic and non-odor active ingredients is likely to turn out to be advisable in order to reduce the odor and potential negative physiological effects of paints. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6281683/ /pubmed/30555813 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00350 Text en Copyright © 2018 Bauer and Buettner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint
title_full Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint
title_fullStr Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint
title_short Characterization of Odorous and Potentially Harmful Substances in Artists' Acrylic Paint
title_sort characterization of odorous and potentially harmful substances in artists' acrylic paint
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555813
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