Editing Graffiti (section)

== Environmental effects ==

[[Spray paint]] has many negative environmental effects. The paint contains toxic chemicals, and the can uses volatile hydrocarbon gases to spray the paint onto a surface.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hercenter.org/facilitiesandgrounds/paints.php#healthenv|title=Health and Environmental Issues of Spray Paint|website=Healthcare Environmental Resource Center|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref>

[[Volatile organic compound]] (VOC) leads to ground level ozone formation and most of graffiti related emissions are VOCs.<ref name="Leskys">{{Cite web|url=https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei19/session7/leskys.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204080037/http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei19/session7/leskys.pdf |archive-date=2011-02-04 |url-status=live|title=Establishing Graffiti Emissions as a Nonpoint Source Sector|last=Leskys|first=AM|date=September 2010}}</ref> A 2010 paper estimates 4,862 tons of VOCs were released in the United States in activities related to graffiti.<ref name="Leskys" /><ref name="EPA">{{Cite web|url=https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei19/index.html|title=19th International Emission Inventory Conference "Emission Inventories—Informing Emerging Issues" September 2010|website=EPA}}</ref>