Indoor air pollution by organic emissions from textile floor coverings. Climate chamber studies under dynamic conditions

Sollinger, S.; Levsen, K.; Wünsch, G.

doi:10.1016/0957-1272(93)90004-p

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“…First, we consider the magnitudes of these risks. Many studies of personal exposure to VOCs have looked at building materials, such as treated wood (Jayjock, Doshi, Nungasser, & Shade, 1995) and carpeting (Sollinger, Levsen, & Wü nsch, 1993;Weschler, Hodgson, & Wooley, 1992); home-improvement activities, such as wood finishing (Chang & Guo, 1992); and everyday tasks, such as showering and washing clothes, using a water supply with elevated VOC concentrations co-workers, 1992, 1996). Wallace et al (1989) examined indoor air concentrations for 20 common household compounds, finding that some were at levels associated with acute reactions in people who have sick building syndrome.…”

Section: Methylene Chloride Used As Paint Strippermentioning

confidence: 98%

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Section: Methylene Chloride Used As Paint Strippermentioning

confidence: 98%

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“…A sink effect is the effect of the released components partially adsorbing within the test chamber, e. g., at the chamber walls [16]. This can result in an incorrect reading of the concentration determined at the chamber outlet, which can lead to the wrong emission rate being computed.…”

Section: Sink Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occurrence, Dynamics and Reactions of Organic Pollutants in the Indoor Environment

Salthammer¹,

Bahadir

2009

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The indoor environment is a multidisciplinary scientific field involving chemistry, physics, biology, health sciences, architecture, building sciences and civil engineering. The need for reliable assessment of human exposure to indoor pollutants is attracting increasing attention. This, however, requires a detailed understanding of the relevant compounds, their sources, physical and chemical properties, dynamics, reactions, their distribution among the gas phase, airborne particles and settled dust as well as the availability of modern measurement techniques. Building products, furnishings and other indoor materials often emit volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds. With respect to a healthy indoor environment, only low emitting products, which do not influence indoor air quality in a negative way, should be used in a building. Therefore, materials and products for indoor use need to be evaluated for their chemical emissions. This is routinely done in test cambers and cells. Many studies have shown that the types of sources in occupational and residential indoor environments, the spectrum of emitting compounds and the duration of emission cover a wide range. The demand for standardized test methods under laboratory conditions has resulted in several guidelines for determination of emission rates. Furthermore, it has now been recognized that both primary and secondary emissions may affect indoor air quality. The problem may become more dominant when components of different materials can react with each other or when catalytic materials are applied. Such products derived from indoor related reactions may have a negative impact on indoor air quality due to their low odor threshold, health related properties or the formation of ultrafine particles. Several factors can influence the emission characteristics and numerous investigations have shown that indoor chemistry is of particular importance for the indoor related characterization of building product emissions. This paper provides an overview of the current state of the art research on the mentioned topics.

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“…Carpets are a major source of VOCs in homes. For example, Sollinger et al (1993Sollinger et al ( , 1994 have identified 99 different VOCs emitted from a group of 10 carpet samples, and Schaeffer et al (1996) identified more than 100 different VOCs emitted from the carpet cushion alone. Emissions come not only from the carpet fibres but also from the backing materials and the adhesives used to bind the carpet to the backing.…”

Section: Volatile Organic Compounds (Vocs)mentioning

confidence: 99%