EPHECT III: Health risk assessment of exposure to household consumer products
| Autor: | Peder Wolkoff, C. Dimitroulopoulou, M. Trantallidi, Paolo Carrer, S. Kephalopoulos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Environmental Engineering
Population Risk Assessment Hazardous Substances Indoor air quality Environmental health Environmental Chemistry Humans education Waste Management and Disposal Inhalation exposure Pollutant education.field_of_study Inhalation Exposure Waste management Health risk assessment Household Products Environmental exposure Environmental Exposure Pollution Floor Cleaning Agent Europe Air Pollution Indoor Environmental science Risk assessment Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | The Science of the total environment. 536 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1026 |
| Popis: | In the framework of the EU EPHECT project (Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU), irritative and respiratory effects were assessed in relation to acute (30-min) and long-term (24-h) inhalation exposure to key and emerging indoor air pollutants emitted during household use of selected consumer products. A detailed Health Risk Assessment (HRA) was performed for five selected pollutants of respiratory health relevance, namely acrolein, formaldehyde, naphthalene, d-limonene and α-pinene. For each pollutant, the Critical Exposure Limit (CEL) was compared to indoor air concentrations and exposure estimates for the use of 15 selected consumer products by two population groups (housekeepers and retired people) in the four geographical regions of Europe (North, West, South, East), which were derived previously based on microenvironmental modelling. For the present HRA, health-based CELs were derived for certain compounds in case indoor air quality guidelines were not available by the World Health Organization for end-points relevant to the current study. For each pollutant, the highest indoor air concentrations in each microenvironment and exposure estimates across home microenvironments during the day were lower than the corresponding acute and long-term CELs. However, considerable contributions, especially to acute exposures, were obtained in some cases, such as formaldehyde emissions resulting from single product use of a floor cleaning agent (82% CEL), a candle (10% CEL) and an electric air freshener (17% CEL). Regarding multiple product use, the case of 30-min formaldehyde exposure reaching 34% CEL when eight product classes were used across home microenvironments, i.e. all-purpose/kitchen/floor cleaning agents, furniture/floor polish, combustible/electric air fresheners, and perfume, needs to be highlighted. Such estimated values should be evaluated with caution, as these may be attributed to the exposure scenarios specifically constructed for the present study, following a 'most-representative worst-case scenario' approach for exposure and health risk assessment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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