VOC abatement clears the air

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Hazmat World; (United States)

OSTI ID:7113363

For several years, employees at a New York City brokerage company's printing facility experienced health problems associated with poor indoor air quality. Symptoms included headaches, dizziness, and respiratory and sinus conditions. The 4,000-square-foot facility is on the ground level of a 10-story office building, adjacent to occupied office floors, a loading dock and an outdoor, multilevel parking garage. It also is near a major transit tunnel, and diesel and automotive exhaust fumes were evident. A Phase 1 indoor environmental assessment revealed no violations of OSHA permissible exposure limits; however, such VOCs as 1,1,1-trichloroethane, xylenes and toluene were found to be at nuisance'' irritant levels. Phase 1 results provided enough information to implement mitigation and remediation efforts.

• OSTI ID: 7113363
• Journal Information: Hazmat World; (United States), Vol. 7:5; ISSN 0898-5685
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
HEALTH HAZARDS
NEW YORK CITY
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
TOLUENE
XYLENES
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
AIR POLLUTION
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
URBAN AREAS
USA
540120* - Environment
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560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology