Indoor contaminants from newspapers: VOCs emissions in newspaper stands.
Mean volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in 16 newspaper stands and in two printing shops were monitored for the purpose of quantifying the various VOCs in these areas and to relate the results. In each site halogenated, oxygenated, aliphatic, and aromatic compounds were monitored during one workweek. They were sampled with diffusive samplers for thermal desorption and analysed by GC-MS. The results showed that in all newspaper stands the indoor levels of toluene were much higher than the outdoor levels; some sites had toluene indoor concentrations 100 times higher than their correspondent outdoor levels. The investigations in two printing shops confirmed that newspapers, in particular the inks, are the main sources of toluene in the newspaper stands.
Caselli
Maurizio
M
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
de Gennaro
Gianluigi
G
Saracino
Maria Rosaria
MR
Tutino
Maria
M
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D003132:Commerce; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000032:analysis; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis; D011633:Public Facilities; D014050:Toluene / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization; D017132:Workplace
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014050:Toluene