Impact on exposure of pollutants released in the indoor environment

Miranda Loh; D. H. Bennett

Impact on exposure of pollutants released in the indoor environment

Miranda Loh, D. H. Bennett

Community, Environment and Policy

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Abstract

This study examines the influence of the indoor environment on exposure to a suite of air pollutants, designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as hazardous air pollutants (HAP's). The EPA found that several of these compounds were responsible for a large percentage of overall excess cancer risk in the population. However, their analysis only examined outdoor concentrations. To fully quantify human exposure, we need to include the indoor environment, where we spend about 80% of our total time. We assemble data from several monitoring and modeling studies to better understand the average levels of total personal exposure, and to determine the relative contribution of exposure resulting from indoor versus outdoor origin. For many HAP's, indoor concentrations are higher than outdoor concentrations, due to the presence of indoor sources combined with infiltration from outdoor air. We find that many of HAPs examined have a significant proportion of exposure coming from the indoor environment.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings
Subtitle of host publication	Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Pages	305-308
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2006
Event	Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: Jun 4 2006 → Jun 8 2006

Publication series

Name	HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings
Volume	1

Other

Other	Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisboa
Period	6/4/06 → 6/8/06

Keywords

Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Indoor exposure
Risk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Impact on exposure of pollutants released in the indoor environment. / Loh, Miranda; Bennett, D. H.
HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings. 2006. p. 305-308 (HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Loh, M & Bennett, DH 2006, Impact on exposure of pollutants released in the indoor environment. in HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings. HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 305-308, Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006, Lisboa, Portugal, 6/4/06.

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