| Title: | "Emission characteristics, environmental impact, and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during manicure processes" |
| Author(s): | Hao R; Sun J; Liu R; Zhao H; Yao Z; Wang H; Hao Z; |
| Address: | "Beijing Key Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Prevention and Treatment Technology and Application of Urban Air, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environment Protection, Beijing 100037, China. The Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China. National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China. Beijing Key Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Prevention and Treatment Technology and Application of Urban Air, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environment Protection, Beijing 100037, China. Electronic address: wanghailin@cee.cn. National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China. Electronic address: zphao@ucas.ac.cn" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167464 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In recent years, the nail industry has been widely popular in China, and the use of nail care products has also significantly increased. Due to its high content of volatile solvents, the released VOCs not only have a negative impact on indoor air quality but also pose a health threat to nail salon workers who are highly exposed to such environments. The objectives of this research were to characterize VOCs emissions from detailed manicure processes and to evaluate the impact on the environment and health risks. Results showed that the VOCs concentration in the anti-warping treatment process was much higher than that in other manicure steps, at 360.69?ª+mg/m(3), making its contributions of OFP and SOA equally prominent. The trend of concentration contribution was similar to that of OFP, and OVOCs were the most significant contributor to the VOCs components in the whole manicure process. Since organic solvent nail gels were also frequently used in most steps, the main VOCs were methanol, ethanol and ethyl acetate. Aromatics were the component that contributed the most to SOA, and its contributions in all processes were >85?ª+%. Health risk assessments performed in our study indicated that acrolein was the main non-carcinogen, and the carcinogenic risk of this study could be ignored. The results of this study can be used as a basis for controlling VOCs emission and reducing exposure to VOCs in nail salons" |
| Keywords: | Emission characteristics Environmental impact Health risk Nail salons Volatile organic compounds(VOCs); |
| Notes: | "PublisherHao, Run Sun, Jianling Liu, Rui Zhao, Huan Yao, Zhen Wang, Hailin Hao, Zhengping eng Netherlands 2023/10/03 Sci Total Environ. 2023 Sep 30:167464. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167464" |
