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Title:		Materials Contamination and Indoor Air Pollution Caused by Tar Products and Fungicidal Impregnations: Intervention Research in 2014-2019
Author(s):		Kozicki M; Nieslochowski A;
Address:		"Department of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and Environment, Building Research Institute, 00-611 Warsaw, Poland"
Journal Title:		Sensors (Basel)
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200723
Issue:		15
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/s20154099
ISSN/ISBN:		1424-8220 (Electronic) 1424-8220 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Construction materials containing tar products are a source of indoor air pollution in buildings. This particularly concerns old buildings, in which wooden structures were impregnated with tar compositions (creosote oil and Xylamite oil containing tar products) and buildings in which bituminous seal containing hydrocarbon solvents was used. During the 1970s and 1980s, an impregnant known as Xylamite was commonly used in Polish buildings. This material still emits organic vapors into the building's environment, significantly worsening indoor air quality (IAQ). Xylamites and other impregnating materials are a source of indoor air pollution through toxic organic compounds, such as phenol, cresols, naphthalenes, chlorophenols (CPs), and chloronaphthalenes (CNs), which emit specific odors. TD-GC/MS enables detailed identification of the reasons behind chemical indoor air pollution. The results of laboratory tests on the chemical emissions of bitumen-impregnated materials were presented in 32 case studies. In turn, the results of indoor air pollution by volatile bitumen components were presented on 11 reference rooms and 14 case studies, including residential buildings, office buildings, and others. Laboratory tests of samples of construction products confirmed the main emission sources into indoor air. The research results for the period 2014-2019 are tabulated and described in detail in this manuscript"
Keywords:		Td-gc/ms chloronaphthalenes chlorophenols indoor air quality odor olfactometry;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEKozicki, Mateusz Nieslochowski, Adam eng Switzerland 2020/07/29 Sensors (Basel). 2020 Jul 23; 20(15):4099. doi: 10.3390/s20154099"