Indoor air quality of public places in Mumbai, India in terms of volatile organic compounds.
Indoor air quality at nine locations viz. food courts, restaurant, bar, conference room, office and theater, which can be classified as public places have been monitored for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) content. Forty VOCs have been identified and one fourth of these are classified as Hazardous Air Pollutants. Levels of most VOCs are observed to be below the guideline values for public places and offices, as adopted by Hong Kong. Consumer goods are found to be predominant source of chlorinated VOCs in indoor air. Levels of benzene and carbon tetrachlorides were observed to be above the guideline values at all the locations. Effect of ozonisation on Total VOC concentrations have also been studied.
Srivastava
Anjali
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National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Kolkata Zonal Laboratory, i-8 Sector C, East Kolkata Area Development Project, Kolkata 700107 West Bengal, India. srivastv@vsnl.com
Devotta
Sukumar
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D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D007194:India; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization
D009930:Organic Chemicals