Impact of building materials on indoor formaldehyde levels: Effect of ceiling tiles, mineral fiber insulation and gypsum board

Gunschera, Jan; Menteşe, Sibel; Salthammer, Tunga; Andersen, Jan Rud

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.03.001

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“…The effective storage medium surface area includes any sink materials that could absorb and reemit the contaminant (Matthews et al 1987, Gunschera et al 2013). This concentration-dependent emission model has been validated against laboratory emission data for formaldehyde and other VOCs (Myers 1984;Dunn 1987;Sparks et al 1996;Won et al 2001), and the implications of this model for indoor formaldehyde exposure are discussed by Sherman and Hult (2013).…”

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Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure mitigation in US residences: in‐home measurements of ventilation control and source control

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Measurements were taken in new US residences to assess the extent to which ventilation and source control can mitigate formaldehyde exposure. Increasing ventilation consistently lowered indoor formaldehyde concentrations. However, at a reference air exchange rate of 0.35 h -1 , increasing ventilation was up to 60% less effective than would be predicted if the emission rate were constant. This is consistent with formaldehyde emission rates decreasing as air concentrations increase, as observed in chamber studies. In contrast, measurements suggest acetaldehyde emission was independent of ventilation rate. To (OEHHA 2013) may require combining source control with ventilation. Ventilation rates could be increased during the first year after construction when VOC concentrations tend to be highest.

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Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure mitigation in US residences: in‐home measurements of ventilation control and source control

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“…Zur Minimierung von unerwünschten Senkeneffekten sind die Innenwände der Kammer in der Regel aus poliertem Edelstahl gefertigt. Ein solches Versuchsdesign erlaubt die gezielte Untersuchung stofflicher Emissionen aus Materialien und Produkten, von Diffusionsprozessen oder auch von Wechselwirkungen zwischen bestimmten Verbindungen und Materialien . Für anspruchsvolle Versuchsaufbauten benötigt man Kammergrößen zwischen 1 m 3 und 50 m 3 .…”

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“…Für andere Substanzen, z. B. Formaldehyd, ist das Adsorptions‐/Desorptionsverhalten von bestimmten Bauprodukten bereits gut bekannt . Diffusionshemmende Anstriche sind für die Sanierung von Wohnungen mit Pentachlorphenol‐kontaminiertem Holz auf dem Markt.…”

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2017

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Zusammenfassung In einer modernen Industriegesellschaft halten sich Menschen den größten Teil ihrer Zeit in Innenräumen auf. Daher ist eine gute Innenraumluft eine wichtige Basis für unsere Gesundheit und unser Wohlergehen. Die chemische Zusammensetzung der Raumluft ist von einer komplexen Zusammenwirkung mehrerer Faktoren wie Raumlufttemperatur, Luftfeuchte, Lüftung, Quellenstärke und Lebensgewohnheiten, abhängig. Die zuverlässige Beurteilung der menschlichen Exposition mit den gasförmigen und partikulären Raumluftkomponenten verlangt das detaillierte Verständnis von physikalischen und chemischen Stoffeigenschaften, ihrer Dynamik, Interaktion und chemischen Reaktionen.

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“…However, it increased up to 89.8 ± 6.4 μg m −3 after installation of wooden furniture possibly because it was coated with a HPL, which contains melaminic and phenolic resins capable of emitting FA (Salthammer et al 2010, Gunschera et al 2013. Three months after reoccupation of the apartment, the concentration of FA increased up to 254 ± 60.0 μg m −3 , which is three times larger than that found during the furniture installation period possibly as result of the activities developed in the residence, which included the use of household and personal care products, as well as food frying and cooking.…”

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“…Sources of aldehydes in indoor areas, including residences, consist of building materials (hardwood, plywood, laminate floorings, furniture made by pressed-wood products, especially new materials, adhesives, paints, and solvents), household products, and fuel burning appliances like gas stoves (Kim and Kim 2005, Dassonville et al 2009, Salthammer et al 2010, Missia et al 2010, Gunschera et al 2013, Weng et al 2010. For example, FA and AA predominated in living rooms and bedrooms of French homes (Marchand et al 2006(Marchand et al , 2008.…”

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Characterization of the variation of carbonyl compounds concentrations before, during, and after the renovation of an apartment at Niterói, Brazil

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The present work reports the variation of 31 carbonyl compounds (CC) in an apartment located at Niterói City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Eight sampling campaigns were conducted through a 1-year period, and three areas (living room, kitchen, and bedroom) were evaluated before, during, and after the renovation activities and reoccupation of the apartment. Samples were collected using SEP-PAK cartridges impregnated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, and the hydrazones were analyzed using rapid resolution liquid chromatography with UV detection. The lowest total concentration of CC (19.0 ± 1.5 μg m(-3)) was found before the renovation when the apartment was empty, but door varnishing resulted in highest contamination of the apartment (1386 ± 384 μg m(-3)); however, an important dispersion of CC was observed in the subsequent sampling (148 ± 1.8 μg m(-3)). After apartment reoccupation, the indoor contamination seemed to depend on the routine activities taken there, such as household product use and cooking activities, but apparently, local temperature increase favored the vaporization of the volatile CC from the building materials in the apartment. As far as we are concerned, this is the first study comparing the concentrations of 31 CC in residential areas before, during, and after renovation activities taken in Brazil.

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Impact of building materials on indoor formaldehyde levels: Effect of ceiling tiles, mineral fiber insulation and gypsum board

Cited by 60 publications

References 36 publications

Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure mitigation in US residences: in‐home measurements of ventilation control and source control

Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure mitigation in US residences: in‐home measurements of ventilation control and source control

The Air that I Breathe

Characterization of the variation of carbonyl compounds concentrations before, during, and after the renovation of an apartment at Niterói, Brazil

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