DPH Home | SFGOV.org

News & Media | SFDPH Foundation | Contact Us |

Search

Frequently
Asked Questions

Do you have a question?
Dial 311 within area code 415

Disaster Preparedness | Learn more

About DPH

Our Services

Our Programs

Healthy Living

Records, Permits & Licensing
Applications

Forms

Licensing

Permits

Request Public Records

Vital Records

Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration

Diseases & Conditions

Environmental Health

Helpful Links

California Proposition 65

Clean & Green Program

Clean & Green Award Directory (pdf)

Compliance Guides and Checklists

Green Programs Home

Green Programs Reference Center

Pollution Prevention Links

San Francisco Green Business Program

Green Resource Guide for Auto Body and Paint

Please visit the links below for pollution prevention information for the auto body and paint industry.

Aerosol Cleaner Use in Auto Repair (California Department of Public Health - CDPH)
Alternatives to VOC Emitting Petroleum Based Lubricants and Chlorinated Paraffin Lubricants - 2004 (Katy Wolf, Institute for Research and Technical Assistance - IRTA)
Assessment, Development and Demonstration of Alternatives for Five Emerging Solvents - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
Assessment, Development and Demonstration of Alternatives to VOC-Emitting Lubricants, Vanishing Oils and Rust Inhibitors - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
Alternative to VOC emitting Lubricants, vanishing oils & rust inhibitors (2008 Julia Quint presentation)
Alternative to VOC emitting Lubricants, vanishing oils & rust inhibitors (2008 Katy Wolf presentation)
Auto Body and Paint Shops Project (CA Dep’t of Toxic Substances Control - DTSC)
Automotive Aerosol Cleaning Products: Lov-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
California Air Resources Board (CARB) VOC Rule Changes in 2010-2013
California Proposition 65: Toxics Law You Need to Know (SFDPH)
Cleaning Products
Compliance Tips for Automotive Refinishing Shop
Painters and Owners Also available in Spanish and Chinese (Bay Area Air Quality Management District – BAAQMD)
Green Business Program Resource For assistance across the U.S. (Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network, WSPPN)
Green Cleaning Products and Practices for a Safer Indoor Environment
Guide to Solvent Safety (CDPH)
Handling Universal Waste (SFDPH)
Injury, Illness & Pollution Prevention in Auto Repair (CDPH)
Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup and Thinning Solvents - 2007 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup and Thinning Solvents (Julia Quint presentation 2008)
Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives for Consumer Product Cleanup & Solvents (Katy Wolf presentation 2008)
Making a Difference for the Planet and Your Bottom Line with U.S. EPA Climate Partnership Programs (Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center -PPRC- and US Environmental Protection Agency -EPA)
Methylene Chloride Fact Sheet (CDPH)
Methylene Chloride Consumer Product Paint Strippers: Low-VOC, Low Toxicity Alternatives - 2006 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
n-Bromopropane Hazard Alert (CDPH)
Perchloroethylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange, P2Rx (WSPPN)
Safer Alternatives to Solvent Aerosol Automotive Cleaning Products - 2004 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
Tert-Butyl Acetate: Safer Alternatives in Cleaning and Thinning Applications -2007 (Katy Wolf, IRTA)
Toluene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
Trichloroethylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)
Understanding Toxic Substances: An Introduction to Chemical Hazards in the Workplace (CDPH)
Xylene Fact Sheet (CDPH)