Study on the Indoor Air Levels of Indoor Formaldehyde and Total Volatile Organic Compounds After Decoration
- VernacularTitle:装修后居室空气中甲醛和总挥发性有机物污染现状
- Author:
Chun WANG
;
Huanzhu ZHANG
;
Rongfang JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Formaldehyde;
Air pollution, indoor;
Volatile organic compounds
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1992;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the pollution levels,characteristics,causes and related adverse effects of indoor volatile organic compounds(VOCs) on human health after decoration. Methods The concentration of indoor air formaldehyde and TVOC were detected,meanwhile the adverse health effects were investigated by questionnaires. Result The results showed that the houses in which formaldehyde concentration exceeded the national indoor air quality standard occupied 47.1%, and three months later, the rate still was 40%,the highest level was 6.56 times of the standard. While the rate of exceed the national standard of TVOC was 76% within one month and 0% three months later respectively. As far as the concerned subjective syndromes, only the complaint of disgusted smell was significantly different between those who lived in newly decorated rooms and those who lived in the houses which taken as the control. Conclusion Now the pollution level of VOCs caused by decoration is some lower than before,but the pollution of formaldehyde was still pervasive and serious. The causes of pollution lay in artificial board materials used for furniture and decoration. Moreover, the complaints of the discomfort of eyes and upper respiratory tract will increase as people moved in the newly decorated rooms.
