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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Title:		"Characterization and cancer risk assessment of VOCs in home and school environments in gran La Plata, Argentina"
Author(s):		Colman Lerner JE; Gutierrez MLA; Mellado D; Giuliani D; Massolo L; Sanchez EY; Porta A;
Address:		"CINDECA, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas 'Dr. Jorge J. Ronco' CONICET CCT La Plata, UNLP, 47 N degrees 257, 1900, La Plata, Argentina. jecolman@quimica.unlp.edu.ar. CIMA, Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente, CONICET CCT La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900, La Plata, Argentina. Quimica Analitica Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 115, 1900, La Plata, Argentina"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180129
Issue:		10
Page Number:		10039 - 10048
DOI:		10.1007/s11356-018-1265-2
ISSN/ISBN:		1614-7499 (Electronic) 0944-1344 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Three areas are highlighted in Gran La Plata, Argentina: industrial, urban, and residential. In this work, the levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air of homes and schools in those areas were analyzed, through the use of passive monitors. The study period is between 2007 and 2010. Higher levels of VOCs were found in homes and schools in the industrial zone, higher than the levels corresponding to urban and residential. Taking into account the relationship between indoor and outdoor levels of VOCs, they have ratios (I/O) between 1.5 and 10 are evidenced contributions of emission sources of VOCs both indoor and outdoor. Complementarily, we estimated the life time cancer risk (LCR) for benzene, styrene, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene in children who spend their time mostly in such indoor environments. The results show high LCR values for benzene, which exceed acceptable values for the US EPA"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/analysis/*toxicity *Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis Argentina Benzene/analysis Child Environmental Monitoring/methods Housing Humans Industry Neoplasms/*chemically induced Risk Assessment Schools Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis/*toxicity;"
Notes:		"MedlineColman Lerner, Jorge Esteban Gutierrez, Maria de Los Angeles Mellado, Daniela Giuliani, Daniela Massolo, Laura Sanchez, Erica Yanina Porta, Andres eng Germany 2018/01/31 Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Apr; 25(10):10039-10048. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-1265-2. Epub 2018 Jan 29"