| Title: | Evaluation and analysis of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde emission of building products in accordance with legal standards: A statistical experimental study |
| Author(s): | Wi S; Kim MG; Myung SW; Baik YK; Lee KB; Song HS; Kwak MJ; Kim S; |
| Address: | "Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea. Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University, Chunchon 24341, Republic of Korea. Department of Chemistry, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Republic of Korea. Department of Architectural Engineering, Seoil University, Seoul 02192 Republic of Korea. National Agenda Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea. Korea Air Cleaning Association, Seoul 06162, Republic of Korea. Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kimsumin@yonsei.ac.kr" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122381 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-3336 (Electronic) 0304-3894 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Building materials have been developed mainly for thermal performance, strength, low energy consumption, and aesthetics. Consequently, large amounts of chemicals have been added to building products, resulting in the release of abundant pollutants that adversely affect human health. In particular, pollutants from the materials used to build modern dwellings can cause sick house syndrome, which leads to health resilience problems and diseases. In this study, more than 100 investigations were conducted annually from 2004 to 2017 by using the 20?ª+L small chamber method to analyze the contents of formaldehyde (HCHO) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) released from 2780 building products in total. High emissions were released by some building components with raw materials containing hazardous chemicals. However, since the 2004 enactment of a legal standard for the regulation of emissions of harmful substances in building products, the pollutant emissions have tended to decrease over the years. As a result of the experiment, all 2780 building materials met the legal standard on average. Therefore, legal restrictions on the release of hazardous materials from building products have achieved reductions in pollutant emissions" |
| Keywords: | 20 L small chamber Building products Formaldehyde Legal standards Volatile organic compounds; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEWi, Seunghwan Kim, Man-Goo Myung, Seung-Woon Baik, Yong Kyu Lee, Kang-Bong Song, Hea-Seung Kwak, Myung-Jin Kim, Sumin eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2020/03/11 J Hazard Mater. 2020 Jul 5; 393:122381. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122381. Epub 2020 Feb 24" |
