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The effect of reduction measures on concentrations of hazardous semivolatile organic compounds in indoor air and dust of Swedish preschools
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- Langer, Sarka (author)
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Göteborg Sweden
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- de Wit, Cynthia A. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap,Department of Environmental Science Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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- Giovanoulis, Georgios (author)
- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Stockholm Sweden
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- Fäldt, Jenny (author)
- City of Stockholm Environment and Health Administration Environmental Analysis Stockholm Sweden
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- Karlson, Linnéa (author)
- City of Stockholm Environment and Health Administration Environmental Analysis Stockholm Sweden
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- 2021-04-20
- 2021
- English.
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In: Indoor Air. - : Hindawi Limited. - 0905-6947 .- 1600-0668. ; 31:5, s. 1673-1682
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Abstract
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- Young children spend a substantial part of their waking time in preschools. It is therefore important to reduce the load of hazardous semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in the preschools' indoor environment. The presence and levels of five SVOC groups were evaluated (1) in a newly built preschool, (2) before and after renovation of a preschool, and (3) in a preschool where SVOC-containing articles were removed. The new building and the renovation were performed using construction materials that were approved with respect to content of restricted chemicals. SVOC substance groups were measured in indoor air and settled dust and included phthalates and alternative plasticizers, organophosphate esters (OPEs), brominated flame retardants, and bisphenols. The most abundant substance groups in both indoor air and dust were phthalates and alternative plasticizers and OPEs. SVOC concentrations were lower or of the same order of magnitude as those reported in comparable studies. The relative Cumulative Hazard Quotient (HQ(cum)) was used to assess the effects of the different reduction measures on children's SVOC exposure from indoor air and dust in the preschools. HQ(cum) values were low (1.0-6.1%) in all three preschools and decreased further after renovation and article substitution. The SVOCs concentrations decreased significantly more in the preschool renovated with the approved building materials than in the preschool where the SVOC-containing articles were removed.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- article substitution
- exposure
- indoor air
- new construction
- renovation
- settled dust
- Sustainable urban planning
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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