Inks and Chemicals — Environmental Challenges

One would presume eliminating 0.04 parts per million over an 18-year span doesn't sound all that challenging. But that breakdown is akin to saying the U.S. government is a bunch of people who take care of things. While true, it is horribly simplistic. The new standard, with its ramifications, is not.

"What it does," says Gary Jones, manager of environmental health and safety affairs for the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), "is take 55 counties that are considered non-attainment for ozone under the 0.12 standard and expands it to over 330 counties that are now considered out of compliance for ozone."