Chart showing Clean Air Council owned VOCs - compared to equivalent cars taken off the road. Carbon-containing chemicals are called organic. Volatile chemicals escape into the air easily. Many VOCs, such as the chemicals listed below, are hazardous air pollutants, which can cause very serious illnesses. VOCs and NOx react with sunlight to form ozone.
Cars are an important source of VOCs.
VOCs include chemicals such as benzene, toluene, methylene chloride and methyl chloroform. To view a copy of the letter from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, approving the transfer of 121.90 tons of VOCs to the Clean Air Council, click here.