Assessment of Indoor Concentrations, Indoor Sources and Source Emissions ofSelected Volatile Organic Compounds

摘要

As part of the process of designating a chemical as a toxic air contaminant, theAir Resources Board is required to consider indoor exposures in assessing the overall public health risks. The objectives of the study were: (1) to review the available information regarding potential indoor sources, indoor concentrations, and source emissions of selected candidate toxic air contaminants; (2) to evaluate the adequacy of the information for developing indoor exposure assessments; and (3) to recommend specific volatile organic compounds for which it would be useful to perform source emissions tests. The investigators performed a literature review to obtain information concerning 47 toxic pollutants. The report presents recommendations for conducting laboratory emission tests for a number of the compounds.