title: Chemical hazards analysis of resilient flooring for healthcare.
abstract: This article addresses resilient flooring, evaluating the potential health effects of vinyl flooring and the leading alternatives-synthetic rubber, polyolefin, and linoleum-currently used in the healthcare marketplace. The study inventories chemicals incorporated as components of each of the four material types or involved in their life cycle as feedstocks, intermediary chemicals, or emissions. It then characterizes those chemicals using a chemical hazard-based framework that addresses persistence and bioaccumulation, human toxicity, and human exposures.
authors.affiliation: Healthy Building Network, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lent
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silas
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallette
mesh_terms: D055884:Chemical Hazard Release; D005430:Floors and Floorcoverings; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D011090:Polyenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012408:Rubber / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D017751:Safety Management; D020058:Styrene / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D013499:Surface Properties; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D011090:Polyenes; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; D020058:Styrene; C035051:PL 732; D012408:Rubber