Measurement of carbonyl compounds in an industrialized area

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OSTI ID:197330

Ellis, J R; Gregorski, D F; Murphy, M J; Scarfo, L J ^[1]

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1. Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT (United States)

There has been a history of health related complaints in the town of Wallingford, CT, especially from those people living in areas adjacent to the heavily industrialized Route 5 corridor. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Centers for Disease Control has been petitioned to assess the environmentally related health complaints, and have concluded that there was insufficient air quality data from Wallingford to clarify and/or quantify the possible existence of a public health hazard. In order to address these complaints and needs, the DEP`s Air Toxics Monitoring Group performed a year long study to monitor for selected VOC and carbonyl compounds. This paper reports on the measurements of selected carbonyl compounds, from several sites adjacent to the Route 5 corridor, between October 1992 and October 1993. The analytical data show that there are likely correlations between wind direction and receptor locations and that there have been several instances where reported values of formaldehyde have exceeded Connecticut`s Hazardous Limiting Values (HLVs) guidelines.

• OSTI ID: 197330
• Report Number(s): CONF-9405167--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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