Preliminary results of a forty-home indoor air pollutant monitoring study

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6440073

Hawthorne, A R; Gammage, R B; Dudney, C S; Womack, D R; Morris, S A; Westley, R R; Gupta, K C

A detailed study of the pollutants found in forty homes in the Oak Ridge/Knoxville, Tennessee, area is being conducted. Formaldehyde measurements were made on a twice-per-month schedule using passive permeation monitors with a sampling period of 24 hours. In addition to the formaldehyde measurements, other pollutants, including volatile organics, particulates, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide, were measured during a one-day visit to each house. Radon levels were measured during a one-day visit to each house. Randon levels were measured by an active monitor located in the house for a period of one week. Air infiltration rates and meteorological data were also recorded. Pollutant levels were generally below any applicable guidelines with the exception of radon and formaldehyde which were elevated in some of the houses. Results of the first phase of the monitoring study are presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6440073
• Report Number(s): CONF-830338-3; ON: DE83009839
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
ALDEHYDES
BUILDINGS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DIFFUSION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION IV
FLUIDS
FORMALDEHYDE
GASES
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INFORMATION
MONITORING
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
RADON
RARE GASES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
TENNESSEE
USA