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The make up/composition of today's paints, as we know them in general terms is either acrylic or enamel. For the most part we use acrylics in living areas and enamel paints in wet/service areas. Biodegradable paints are available also for these areas but while reduced to a niche market, natural paint distributors do not have the blanket "in your face" marketing that we are used to seeing as with the major paint companies and their advertising of paints for around the home or office etc. Really though, it could be round the other way, for a more healthy living environment, a pleasing look and easy maintenance, biodegradable paints should be the major market player, if only because they are better for us to live with. If you cannot go totally biodegradable, the next best thing to look for when purchasing paint is the 'Environmental Choice' tick. Two paint suppliers who have developed their paints to be the safest around have the 'tick'. Resene and PaintPlus. But for around the home or office though, biodegradable paints are ideal for enhancing a natural living environment. A lot of time and money goes towards consultation with architects/designers/builders etc into designing and building the perfect living/working space, so why not carry it through to a "health perspective issue" for those living/working there afterwards. It can make a lot of sense in a physical way; the elemental make-up of our bodies is composed totally of an earthy nature - the same as the make-up of pigments/resins etc in biodegradable paints.
‘PaintPlus Colour Systems’ from Auckland, in their advertising brief, mention about their paint been formulated without cancer-causing ingredients and containing no harmful metals, which is really good to hear as a statement from a paint manufacturer. Note: This article was written many years ago now when most conventional paints available on the market were dripping with toxic ingrediants of one sort or another but in recent years paint companies like Resene and PaintPlus have developed their paints to be very safe to use for just about everyone so although I push the "Biodegradable Paints" button as a rule, their paints are quite safe and should be considered so for most painting needs around the home or office. 
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