... reduction of airpollutionand greenhouse gases on the medium-term, i.e until 2030 36 Chemistry, Emission Control, RadioactivePollutionandIndoorAirQuality Results show a reduction in GHG emissions ... L/min 6 Chemistry, Emission Control, RadioactivePollutionandIndoorAirQuality Results and discussion 3.1 X-ray diffraction and N2 sorption The crystal composition, thermal stability and mesoporous ... eutrophication and smog formation nd not in the consequence of a given emission For instance, SO2 and NOx can cause acidification 14 32 Chemistry, Emission Control, RadioactivePollutionandIndoorAir Quality...
... PM-fractions (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1) must be stated The tobacco smoke particles andindoorairquality study (ToPIQS) will approach this issue by device supported generation of indoor ETS and simultaneously ... per year are caused by airpollution [2] Especially the quality of indoorair is of utmost importance for human health Not only because people spend most of their time indoors (in industrialized ... smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to indoorairpollution Since decades it is well documented that ETS can be harmful to human health and causes premature death and disease In comparison to the huge...
... and economic impacts of indoorairpollutionand described methods and strategies for controlling indoorairpollution Importantly, the EPA summarized the knowledge at the time on the major indoor ... research and development concerning the identification, characterization, and monitoring of sources and levels of indoorair pollution; research relating to the effects of indoorairpollutionand ... research and development relating to control technologies or other mitigation measures to prevent and abate indoorair pollution; demonstration of methods for reducing and eliminating indoorair pollution...
... Association 1994 Comments on OSHA’s Proposed IndoorAirQuality Standard, 59 FR 15968-16039 Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management 1997 Risk Assessment and Risk Management in Regulatory Decision ... 1996 Lipfert, F.W 1994 AirPollutionand Community Health: A Critical Review and Data Sourcebook, Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York Moolgavkar, S.H., Knudson, A.G 1981 Mutation and cancer: A model ... weight, breathing rate, diet and personal habits; intake and dose data on exposure pathways such as inhalation, ingestion of water, milk, food, and soil, and skin contact; and the incorporation of...
... from indoorair pollution, and the underestimation of hazards from indoorair pollutants (Ammann 1987) Chronicobstructive pulmonary disease may reflect a cumulative process in which airpollution ... associated with indoorair pollutants (Weiss 1993) Because of the relatively low levels of exposure to indoorair pollutants, and the limited variation in exposure to indoorair pollutants in ... an indoorair pollutant Adverse health effects can be useful indicators of an indoorairquality problem (EPA 1995b) The approaches that may be used to gain evidence that a suspect indoor air...
... extensively discussed elsewhere (Greenland and Morgenstern 1989; Greenland and Robins 1994) Nonetheless, they can provide useful information and, particularly, in airpollution epidemiology, they have ... Press LLC case -control data only if the controls are a random sample from the population (Rothman and Greenland 1998) When the RR associated with exposure to an agent is high and the exposure ... Greenland and Robins (1986) and Rothman and Greenland (1998) Confounding in epidemiologic studies can be addressed in one of two ways—it can be prevented by appropriate study design or controlled...
... applied to indoorair exposure assessments A Identifying Pollutants and Sources of IndoorAir Contaminants In the Report to Congress on IndoorAirQuality (EPA 1989), the EPA grouped indoorair pollutants ... observed indoors These VOCs can arise in the indoors (e.g., from painting and cleaning), and be brought into the indoors (e.g., with drinking water and dry cleaning), and VOCs in outdoor air can ... model The EPA’s Report to Congress on IndoorAir describes four general categories of indoorair models Source emission models are used to predict emissions from indoor sources of pollutants For example,...
... individual and population risks; it would focus on societally important problems, and provide a uniform method of setting standards for carcinogens and noncarcinogens and both chemical and physical ... communication studies: Social and political context, Science, Technology, and Human Values 12(3/4):4–10 Repace, J.L., Lowrey, A.H 1993 An enforceable indoorairquality standard for environmental ... posed by volatile organic compounds in indoor air, Risk Analysis 10(1):49 Stolwijk, J.A.J 1992 Risk assessment of acute health and comfort effects of indoorair pollution, Annals of the New York Academy...
... Environmental Protection Agency, Office of AirQuality Planning and Standards, Emission Standards Division, Research Triangle Park, NC McKone, T.E 1994 Uncertainty and variability in human exposures ... and analyzing variability and uncertainty: An illustration of methods using an air toxics emissions example, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 2(4):762–797 Gratt, L.B 1989 Uncertainty in air ... (1) bias, (2) randomness, and (3) true variability (NRC 1994; Hattis and Anderson 1993) In this framework, bias is the uncertainty resulted from study design and performance, randomness is the...
... some of that research and project how its successful conclusion might alter the dimension and use of risk assessment to understand and benefit indoorairquality II INDOORAIR RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH ... on IndoorAir (EPA 1989), the EPA described the ambitious indoorair research program required by Title IV (Radon Gas andIndoorAirQuality Research Act) of the 1986 Superfund Amendments and ... Assessing and Regulating Airborne Substances Posing a Risk of Cancer, Draft, 6/22/81, Pollutant Assessment Branch, Strategies andAir Standards Division, Office of AirQuality Planning and Standards,...
... thermal sensation, air movement perception, acceptability and preference, perceived air temperature and perceived airquality This study is conducted in Singapore, a place with hot and humid climate ... individual control become necessary Under both mixing and displacement ventilation systems, air inhaled by occupants is the mixing of outdoor airand ambient air (although outdoor air at different ... and enhancing ventilation effectiveness (inhaled air quality) in breathing zone by supplying outdoor air directly 10 into the breathing zone Individual control for PV air parameters such as airflow...
... Increasing indoorair temperature adversely affects thermal comfort and reduces acceptability of air quality, increase sweating and thermal sensation; and reduces intensity of cold hand and cold ... that higher air enthalpy caused higher emission rates of chemical compounds from indoor sources/ materials and thus, could also affect the perception of indoorairquality Both effects and their ... the perception of airquality were not In their results, even clean air was perceived as having a lower airquality when air was either hot or humid Furthermore, perceived airquality can be maintained...
... Household Energy andIndoorAirPollution on the Health of the Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures 5.2 Intersectoral Action The fact that indoorairpollutionand household ... Household Energy andIndoorAirPollution on the Health of the Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures 90 Larson BA, Rosen S Household benefits of indoorairpollutioncontrol in ... Action and Intervention Measures | Annex A Range of levels of small particles (PM10 ) and carbon monoxide found in studies of indoorairpollution in developing countries, and WHO and USEPA air quality...
... Efficacy trials of MMS including emission, household airpollution levels and fuel efficiency, and possible alterations to improve performance and reduce air pollution. Epidemiological studies for both WG and MMS users (with appropriate control ... Combined household water treatment andindoorairpollution projects in urban Mambanda, Cameroon and rural Nyanza, Kenya Report of a mission to Mambanda, Cameroon and Nyanza, Kenya Carried out from 10 to 18 December 2009 ... disinfecting drinking‐water at the point‐of‐use, popular in many African and Asian countries and emergency‐relief operations. The Mambanda MultiStove (MMS) is a unique improved stove, designed by GTZ, aiming to reduce indoorairpollutionand efficiently combust ...
... Illness (AURI) AirPollution 2.1 Outdoor 2.1.1 Vehicle Related Pollution 2.2 Indoor 2.2.1 Indoorairpollution sources 2.2.2 Coal 2.2.3 Gases (CO, CO2, NO, NO 2, VOCs) 2.2.4 Wood and other biomass ... (1998) Indoorairqualityand acute lower respiratory infection in indian urban slums Environmental Health Perspectives, 106 (5), 291 - 297 Smith, K R (1986) Biomass Combustion andIndoorAir Pollution: ... respiratory toxicosis and for monitoring airquality Environmental Health Perspectives, 105 (2), 188-200 Baek, S.-O., Kim, Y.-S., and Perry, R (1997) Indoorairquality in homes, offices and restaurants...
... indices based upon current airquality data the Ontario AirPollution Index and the AirQuality Index These indices, although structurally related, have different objectives and enforcement mechanisms ... atmosphere Air Pollution Episode: An occasion when air contamination is at such a level and for such a period of time that the air contamination may cause increased human sickness and mortality AirPollution ... mechanisms Authority for the AirPollution Index, and for the control measures associated with it, is contained in O.Reg 346, S.4 The AirQuality Index is produced and disseminated under the provisions...
... issued a report on the role of indoorairquality in the growing asthma epidemic The report, “Clearing the Air: Asthma andIndoorAir Exposures,” confirmed that indoor pollutants are an important ... properties and any form of school transportation Promote good indoorairquality by reducing or eliminating allergens and irritants Although school districts have no control over the quality of the air ... http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/asthma/index.html U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Environments Division Office of Radiation andIndoor Air, IndoorAirQualityand Student Performance, August 2000, EPA 402-F-00-009...
... between current IndoorAirQuality standards and end-users wishes and demands Indoorairquality can be approached from three points of view: the human, the indoorair of the space and the sources ... contributing to indoorairpollution Standards currently in use mainly address the indoorair of the space Other or additional recommendations and guidelines are required to improve indoorairquality ... project to optimize indoorairqualityand energy consumption in office buildings IndoorAir 1996; 6: 221-238 M AN U [29] Bluyssen PM and Cox C Indoor Environment qualityand upgrading of European...