New look at BTEX: are ambient levels a problem?

AL Bolden, CF Kwiatkowski… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) are retrieved during fossil fuel
extraction and used as solvents in consumer and industrial products, as gasoline additives …

Smart ventilation energy and indoor air quality performance in residential buildings: A review

G Guyot, MH Sherman, IS Walker - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
To better address energy and indoor air quality issues, ventilation needs to become smarter.
A key smart ventilation concept is to use controls to ventilate more at times it provides either …

Review of evidence on health aspects of air pollution: REVIHAAP project: technical report

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
This document presents answers to 24 questions relevant to reviewing European policies on
air pollution and to addressing health aspects of these policies. The answers were …

Changes in indoor pollutants since the 1950s

CJ Weschler - Atmospheric environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Over the past half-century there have been major changes in building materials and
consumer products used indoors. Composite-wood, synthetic carpets, polymeric flooring …

Reactions and products of squalene and ozone: a review

B Coffaro, CP Weisel - Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
This critical review describes the squalene-ozone (SqOz) reaction, or squalene ozonolysis.
Ambient ozone penetrates indoors and drives indoor air chemistry. Squalene, a component …

Comprehensive study of human external exposure to organophosphate flame retardants via air, dust, and hand wipes: the importance of sampling and assessment …

F Xu, G Giovanoulis, S Van Waes… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
We compared the human exposure to organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs) via
inhalation, dust ingestion, and dermal absorption using different sampling and assessment …

A method to estimate the chronic health impact of air pollutants in US residences

JM Logue, PN Price, MH Sherman… - Environmental health …, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Indoor air pollutants (IAPs) cause multiple health impacts. Prioritizing mitigation
options that differentially affect individual pollutants and comparing IAPs with other …

Ozone's impact on public health: contributions from indoor exposures to ozone and products of ozone-initiated chemistry

CJ Weschler - Environmental health perspectives, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective The associations between ozone concentrations measured outdoors and both
morbidity and mortality may be partially due to indoor exposures to ozone and ozone …

Biological treatment of indoor air for VOC removal: Potential and challenges

B Guieysse, C Hort, V Platel, R Munoz, M Ondarts… - Biotechnology …, 2008 - Elsevier
There is nowadays no single fully satisfactory method for VOC removal from indoor air due
to the difficulties linked to the very low concentration (μg m− 3 range), diversity, and …

Hazard assessment of chemical air contaminants measured in residences

JM Logue, TE McKone, MH Sherman, BC Singer - Indoor air, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying air pollutants that pose a potential hazard indoors can facilitate exposure
mitigation. In this study, we compiled summary results from 77 published studies reporting …