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Edwards JR, Huang CW, Liu X. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of a micro-scale chamber for measuring organic chemical emission parameters. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 463:132832. [PMID: 37951165 PMCID: PMC10776009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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Computational fluid dynamics simulations are used to model the velocity field and the transport of a passive scalar within a micro-scale chamber used to measure diffusional transport through various building materials. Comparisons of solutions obtained using a steady, laminar flow assumption with velocity measurements obtained from hot-wire anemometry show that the numerical method generally underpredicts the near surface velocity field. The results improve for higher flow rates and for carpeted test materials, modeled as a porous resistive layer. Calculations involving scalar transport within the upper chamber of the sampling device are performed for different flow rates and Schmidt numbers. The results are used to develop a model for the convective mass transfer coefficient, correlated as a function of the Reynolds and Schmidt numbers as well as the porosity of the carpet. This model is integrated into a steady-state mass transport model for predicting the diffusion of gaseous formaldehyde through various test materials. Predictions of diffusion and partition coefficients for vinyl flooring, gypsum wall board, and carpet are within the ranges of literature data. The results indicate that a perfectly mixed upper part of the sampling device is an adequate assumption.
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- Jack R Edwards
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
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Huang L, Fantke P, Ritscher A, Jolliet O. Chemicals of concern in building materials: A high-throughput screening. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127574. [PMID: 34799153 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Chemicals used in building materials can be a major passive emission source indoors, associated with the deterioration of indoor environmental quality. This study aims to screen the various chemicals used in building materials for potential near-field human exposures and related health risks, identifying chemicals and products of concern to inform risk reduction efforts. We propose a mass balance-based and high-throughput suited model for predicting chemical emissions from building materials considering indoor sorption. Using this model, we performed a screening-level human exposure assessment for chemicals in building materials, starting from product chemical composition data reported in the Pharos Building Products Database for the USA. Health risks and MAximum chemical Contents from High-Throughput Screening (MACHTS) were determined, combining exposure estimates with toxicity information. Exposures were estimated for > 300 unique chemical-product combinations from the Pharos databases, of which 73% (25%) had non-cancer (cancer) toxicity data available. We identified 55 substances as chemicals of high concern, with actual chemical contents exceeding MACHTS by up to a factor 105, in particular diisocyanates and formaldehyde. This stresses the need for more refined investigations to select safer alternatives. This study serves as a suitable starting point for prioritizing chemicals/products and thus developing safer and more sustainable building materials.
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- Lei Huang
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Individual Contractor, Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Plaisance H, Mocho P, Desauziers V. Comparative analysis of formaldehyde and toluene sorption on indoor floorings and consequence on Indoor Air Quality. INDOOR AIR 2020; 30:1256-1267. [PMID: 32506531 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Indoor surfaces may be adsorptive sinks with the potential to change Indoor Air Quality. To estimate this effect, the sorption parameters of formaldehyde and toluene were assessed on five floorings by an experimental method using solid-phase microextraction in an airtight emission cell. Adsorption rate constants ranged from 0.003 to 0.075 m·h-1 , desorption rate constants from 0.019 to 0.51 h-1 , and the partition coefficient from 0.005 to 3.9 m, and these parameters vary greatly from one volatile organic compound/material couple to another indicating contrasted sorption behaviors. A rubber was identified as a sink of formaldehyde characterized by a very low desorption constant close to 0. For these sorbent floorings identified, the adsorption rates of formaldehyde are from 2 to 4 times higher than those of toluene. Two models were used to evaluate the sink effects of floorings on indoor pollutant concentrations in one room from different realistic conditions. The scenarios tested came to the conclusion that the formaldehyde sorption on one rubber (identified as a sink) has a maximum contribution from 15% to 21% for the conditions of low air exchange rate. For other floorings, the sorption has a minor contribution less than or equal to 5%, regardless of the air exchange rate.
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- Herve Plaisance
- IPREM, IMT Mines Ales, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, Pau, France
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- IPREM, IMT Mines Ales, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, Pau, France
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Plaisance H, Blondel A, Desauziers V, Mocho P. Evidence of indoor sinks for formaldehyde through the field measurements using passive flux sampler and mass balance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:29679-29686. [PMID: 31407265 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06057-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A measurement campaign was conducted in 24 student rooms where formaldehyde emissions from all the indoor surfaces were measured using a passive flux sampler (PFS) parallel to monitoring of indoor and outdoor concentrations as well as the assessment of air exchange rate. Two mass balance models were used to predict indoor concentrations basing on input data recorded during this measurement campaign. The first model only takes into account the total emission from the indoor sources and the incoming and outgoing flows of compound brought by the air exchange rate. The second model added to these terms a further component related to the overall rate of removal processes (or "indoor sinks") which was assessed in these same rooms during a previous field test campaign. A good agreement was found between the concentrations calculated by the model with the component relative to indoor removal processes and the measured concentrations. On the other hand, the predicted concentrations with a first model tend to highly overestimate the measured concentrations by a factor 1.9 on average. Apportionment of formaldehyde inputs and losses in the rooms was estimated and discussed. The results highlighted that indoor removal processes are a component to consider for formaldehyde budget indoors.
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- Herve Plaisance
- IMT Mines Ales, C2MA, Hélioparc, 2 av. P. Angot, 64000, Pau, France.
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- IMT Lille Douai, 941 rue Charles Bourseul, BP 10838, 59508, Douai cedex, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, BP 7511, 64000, Pau, France
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Huang L, Fantke P, Ernstoff A, Jolliet O. A quantitative property-property relationship for the internal diffusion coefficients of organic compounds in solid materials. INDOOR AIR 2017; 27:1128-1140. [PMID: 28548238 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Indoor releases of organic chemicals encapsulated in solid materials are major contributors to human exposures and are directly related to the internal diffusion coefficient in solid materials. Existing correlations to estimate the diffusion coefficient are only valid for a limited number of chemical-material combinations. This paper develops and evaluates a quantitative property-property relationship (QPPR) to predict diffusion coefficients for a wide range of organic chemicals and materials. We first compiled a training dataset of 1103 measured diffusion coefficients for 158 chemicals in 32 consolidated material types. Following a detailed analysis of the temperature influence, we developed a multiple linear regression model to predict diffusion coefficients as a function of chemical molecular weight (MW), temperature, and material type (adjusted R2 of .93). The internal validations showed the model to be robust, stable and not a result of chance correlation. The external validation against two separate prediction datasets demonstrated the model has good predicting ability within its applicability domain (Rext2>.8), namely MW between 30 and 1178 g/mol and temperature between 4 and 180°C. By covering a much wider range of organic chemicals and materials, this QPPR facilitates high-throughput estimates of human exposures for chemicals encapsulated in solid materials.
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- L Huang
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Abor, MI, USA
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- Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Abor, MI, USA
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Colgan ST, Zelesky TC, Chen R, Likar MD, MacDonald BC, Hawkins JM, Carroll SC, Johnson GM, Space JS, Jensen JF, DeMatteo VA. Use of Activated Carbon in Packaging to Attenuate Formaldehyde-Induced and Formic Acid-Induced Degradation and Reduce Gelatin Cross-Linking in Solid Dosage Forms. J Pharm Sci 2016; 105:2027-31. [PMID: 27262203 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2016.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Formaldehyde and formic acid are reactive impurities found in commonly used excipients and can be responsible for limiting drug product shelf-life. Described here is the use of activated carbon in drug product packaging to attenuate formaldehyde-induced and formic acid-induced drug degradation in tablets and cross-linking in hard gelatin capsules. Several pharmaceutical products with known or potential vulnerabilities to formaldehyde-induced or formic acid-induced degradation or gelatin cross-linking were subjected to accelerated stability challenges in the presence and absence of activated carbon. The effects of time and storage conditions were determined. For all of the products studied, activated carbon attenuated drug degradation or gelatin cross-linking. This novel use of activated carbon in pharmaceutical packaging may be useful for enhancing the chemical stability of drug products or the dissolution stability of gelatin-containing dosage forms and may allow for the 1) extension of a drug product's shelf-life when the limiting attribute is a degradation product induced by a reactive impurity, 2) marketing of a drug product in hotter and more humid climatic zones than currently supported without the use of activated carbon, and 3) enhanced dissolution stability of products that are vulnerable to gelatin cross-linking.
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- Stephen T Colgan
- Global CMC, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340.
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Chemical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories PSS 3096, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340
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Weng M, Jin X. Study on the air pollution in typical transportation microenvironment: Characteristics and health risks. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (1995) 2015; 65:59-63. [PMID: 25946958 DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.962648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The concentration of formaldehyde in micro-traffic atmospheric environment (including buses, cars, bus stations, and traffic artery) of Lin'an City was carefully investigated. The results showed that the formaldehyde average concentration was 0.0162 mg/m³ in the buses, 0.0225 mg/m³ in the cars, 0.0047 mg/m³ in the West Bus Stations, and 0.0133 mg/m³ in the East Bus Stations. The concentration of formaldehyde along the traffic artery decreased with the height increased. From 0 to 140 cm, the formaldehyde concentration decreased from 0.031 to 0.018 mg/m³. The formaldehyde concentration decreased when far away from the traffic artery. When the distance reached 200 m, the formaldehyde concentration decreased from 0.018 to 0.005 mg/m³. Based on the health risk assessment model, using 1 hr as the average retention time, the average health risk in buses, cars, and West/East Bus Stations was 2.106 × 10⁻⁴, 2.925 × 10⁻⁴, and 1.157 × 10⁻⁴, respectively.
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- Mili Weng
- a School of Environmental and Resource Sciences , Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University , Hangzhou , P.R. China
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Li M. Robust nonfitting way to determine mass diffusivity and initial concentration for VOCs in building materials with accuracy estimation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:9086-9092. [PMID: 23869472 DOI: 10.1021/es401244g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This paper presents a novel procedure for estimating mass diffusivity and initial concentration for VOCs in building materials. In contrast to methods that fit data to an organic emission model, this new method determines these two parameters by two observations from a chamber test in a nonfitting and sequential way, which defines a well-posed problem and requires no iterative procedure as well as is robust to initial guess and random uncertainties. The most outstanding feature of this method is that multiple estimates of the parameters can be obtained when more than two experimental data are available; thus, these estimates constitute a sample of population of parameter estimates involving experimental errors. The averages of the sample can be regarded the best estimates of the parameters, and, more importantly, variances (standard deviations) and confidence intervals can be readily and naturally estimated making no assumption about the distribution of experimental errors. Two easy and direct ways are suggested for determining confidence limits: one is percentile method, and the other is the normal approximation. This feature highlights the major difference between the new method and common curve-fitting procedures that generally assume random errors being Gaussian distribution.
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- Min Li
- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
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