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http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/26/news/companies/road_striping/index.htm?eref=igoogle_cnn

Holy road trip! Shortage of paint for highway stripes

The problem is two-fold, Turmail said, because two major components of the acrylic paint -- methyl methacrylate and titanium dioxide -- are in short supply.

The white stuff: In April, the AGC warned that the paint whitener titanium dioxide was becoming scarce. It's used in both white and yellow road paint, as well as a plethora of unrelated products like sunscreen and LCD screens.

"The symptoms of the problem are good -- that the demand has grown faster than expected," Turmail said. "But since this compound is used in many other products, our roads could suffer for it."