Being VOC compliant means that the company manufacturing the product has complied with regs involving certain chemical compounds. There are chemical compounds in the products that are not currently being measured for VOC's. They can be as bad, or worse, than the ones being regulated. In many cases the company selling the product complies to the new regs by taking out certain chemicals, and then adding in new ones not regulated. You can get wood finishes now that are "water cleanup". They still contain chemicals that are not good to breathe. Isolating the area being worked on from the tank is your best bet.
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