| Title: | Indoor contaminants from newspapers: VOCs emissions in newspaper stands |
| Author(s): | Caselli M; de Gennaro G; Saracino MR; Tutino M; |
| Address: | "Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2008.10.011 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1096-0953 (Electronic) 0013-9351 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Mean volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in 16 newspaper stands and in two printing shops were monitored for the purpose of quantifying the various VOCs in these areas and to relate the results. In each site halogenated, oxygenated, aliphatic, and aromatic compounds were monitored during one workweek. They were sampled with diffusive samplers for thermal desorption and analysed by GC-MS. The results showed that in all newspaper stands the indoor levels of toluene were much higher than the outdoor levels; some sites had toluene indoor concentrations 100 times higher than their correspondent outdoor levels. The investigations in two printing shops confirmed that newspapers, in particular the inks, are the main sources of toluene in the newspaper stands" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants, Occupational/adverse effects/*analysis Air Pollution, Indoor/adverse effects/*analysis *Commerce Environmental Monitoring/methods Humans Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/analysis *Newspapers as Topic Organic Chemicals/analysis Public Facilities Tolu;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCaselli, Maurizio de Gennaro, Gianluigi Saracino, Maria Rosaria Tutino, Maria eng Netherlands 2008/12/26 Environ Res. 2009 Feb; 109(2):149-57. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.10.011. Epub 2008 Dec 23" |
