Incorrect installation and use of materials as the cause of a severe air pollution incident in a school building.
The proofing treatment of the floor slabs with a solvent based material and successive treatment with epoxy resin resulted in significant air contamination in a primary school. The contamination caused illnesses in many occupants of school. The GC/MS investigations of the air showed the presence of indane and other aromatic solvents, which was unusual as they are not correlated to outdoor pollution and derived from inner layers of the new flooring. The total concentration of these chemicals in air was in the order of several mg/m(3).
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, C. N. R., C.so Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padua, Italy. Electronic address: r.rella@pd.idpa.cnr.it.
Rocco
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Rella
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, C. N. R., C.so Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padua, Italy.
Alberto
A
Sturaro
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, C. N. R., C.so Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padua, Italy.
Alvise
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Vianello
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003252:Construction Materials; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D012574:Schools; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization
D000393:Air Pollutants; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
Aromatic solvents; Epoxy resin floor; Indane; Radiello; Tenax TA