ECOBOND® Paint, LLC is the Premier Provider of Environmental Products Focused on Protecting Human Health from the Dangers of Lead, Smoke & Odor.
ECOBOND® OdorDefender® is a professional-grade eco-friendly, odor-blocking paint designed for sealing & blocking dangerous odors and fumes from the effects of cigarette smoke, pot smoke, and fire as well as pet odors and substantially improves indoor air quality.
Because our environmental products are focused on protecting human health, we felel a responsibility to make sure our claims are validated. We submitted our OdorDefender® paint to be rigorously tested in an independent 3rd-party laboratory and we received spectacular results!
This is the interview with the lead scientist in charge of the study talking about the test results.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Hello. Today we are visiting with Katie Kolesar, senior air quality scientist with Air Sciences Incorporated. Welcome, Katie. Can you tell us a little bit about your qualifications?
Katie Kolesar: Yes. I got my undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Penn State University, then I got my masters and my PhD from the University of California Davis in civil and environmental engineering. Now, I am working, as you said, as a senior air quality scientist at Air Sciences and based out of Portland, Oregon.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Wow. That’s pretty impressive. Can you explain a little bit about the testing methods used with ECOBOND® OdorDefender® testing?
Katie Kolesar: Absolutely. We tested the ECOBOND® OdorDefender® on two different types of surfaces. One was a drywall that was impregnated with smoke from marijuana and then one was a substrate that had ammonia on it. We put this into an enclosed area that was supposed to mimic a room that you might have. We allowed some natural ventilation, again much like you would have in your house. Then what we did is we tested the indoor air quality before the samples were introduced, when the samples were introduced, and then after the samples were treated with the ECOBOND® OdorDefender®.
Katie Kolesar: We used three different methods primarily for testing the indoor air quality. One of them was a total VOC concentration, so this picks up every single type of volatile organic compound that was inside of the simulated room. Another one was canister samples and those were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to get concentrations of specific compounds. This gave us information as to concentration such as naphthalenenoxylane or toluene or some other suite of compounds that were in the indoor air. Then, we tested the amount of ammonia as well.
Katie Kolesar: We did the study for 30 days and the samples were sent off to laboratories or were analyzed in real-time.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: The laboratories, were they accredited laboratories or how do you choose them?
Katie Kolesar: Yeah. They’re all accredited for each of the methods that were used. The total VOC is a real-time measurement and that one doesn’t, there’s no standard accreditation, but based on the energy of the ionization source and the ionization energies of all the compounds assessed that we know of, it will show everything, all VOCs, except for methane and CO2.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Does the chamber monitoring and the total VOC monitoring show that ECOBOND® OdorDefender® reduced VOC compounds commonly found in third hand marijuana and cigarette smoke or even off gassing ammonia?
Katie Kolesar: In both cases, yes. The chamber results showed that, first of all, that there was an increase in compounds associated with third hand smoke and ammonia when the sample was not treated. Then once the sample was treated, there was a marked decrease in the total amount of VOCs in some specific VOCs, such as naphthalenenoxylane, acetonecumulene, and 2two -butanol/ or methyl ethyl ketone. Those are the ones that are commonly associated with third hand smoke. There were other ones and then with ammonia as well. All of those showed a marked decrease once the ECOBOND OdorDefender was applied.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Very good. How important is that to mitigate the hazards found in third hand marijuana or cigarette smoke?
Katie Kolesar: I did a little bit of research on this from the Mayo Clinic. They said that it is extremely important to mitigate your exposure to third hand smoke, especially for children and at-risk adults. Third hand smoke may be linked to increased instances of cancer and asthma development. Third hand smoke can stick around for a very long time. There is not, to the best of their knowledge currently, and I don’t believe they are familiar with the ECOBOND® product, no way to block third hand smoke or to get rid of it currently.
Katie Kolesar: I’m sure that they’ll be interested in our results.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: I hope so. How about off gassing ammonia? The off gassing ammonia, I know at most levels from say pet urine or animal urine that not necessarily hazardous but it is definitely something that most people do not want to smell. But, the levels that we used were, those were considered to be of hazardous content. Correct?
Katie Kolesar: Yes. Those can often cause problems with your airway and they can also cause coughing and just general irritation. While it’s not a pleasant smell, it can also cause those kinds of health problems.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Great. Do the results of the chamber monitoring study support the claim that ECOBOND® OdorDefender® improves the indoor air quality due to third hand marijuana or cigarette smoke?
Katie Kolesar: Absolutely. Yeah. We saw a really marked decrease in compounds that are known to be in marijuana smoke with the application of the ECOBOND® OdorDefender® product.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: How about the off-gassing ammonia?
Katie Kolesar: That as well. That one, the results also showed that there is a substantial decrease in the ammonia with the application of the ECOBOND® OdorDefender®.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Then, I have just one last quick question for you. Do the results of the chamber monitoring study support the claim that
ECOBOND® OdorDefender® reduces the risk of third hand smoke hazards caused by marijuana or cigarette smoke?
Katie Kolesar: Yes. Absolutely. The results that we got from both the total VOC analysis and the individual compound analysis support the claim that the third hand smoke that’s being re-emitted from the walls is blocked with the ECOBOND® OdorDefender®.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: That’s pretty fantastic then. It sounds like it’s doing its job.
Katie Kolesar: That’s what we found. Yeah.
ECOBOND Paint, LLC: Well, thank you very much for your time, Katie, and the great explanation that you gave. We hope everyone enjoyed this definition of how ECOBOND® OdorDefender® can improve the indoor air quality. For more information, please visit odordefenderpaint.com.
About Air Sciences, Inc. http://airsci.com/about/
Air Sciences Inc. specializes in air pollution compliance, air quality consulting and environmental consulting. For the past 30+ years, we have worked with industry and government. Industry sectors have included minerals extraction and refining, power production, natural gas processing, chemical manufacturing, painting processes, and pesticide formulation. Government work has included fire emissions modeling and fire effects model development and application for federal land managers, and studies of dust movement and modeling for EPA.
Our experience includes working in all aspects of de-centralized air quality planning, including emission inventory development for communities, Tribes, states, and Regional Planning Organizations. Our projects are located throughout the United States. We also have international experience in Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
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ECOBOND® Paint, LLC is the Premier Provider of Environmental Products Focused on Protecting Human Health from the Dangers of Lead, Smoke & Odor.
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ECOBOND® OdorDefender® is a professional-grade eco-friendly, odor-blocking paint designed for sealing & blocking dangerous odors and fumes from the effects of cigarette smoke, pot smoke, and fire as well as pet odors and substantially improves indoor air quality.
Because odors are sealed, blocked, and absorbed it gives the very best protection for your children & family!
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