Assessment of Inhalation Risk to Children’s Health Under the Exposure of Chemicals Migrating From Furniture Products

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10.2991/ahsr.k.201001.049How to use a DOI?

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indoor air, inhalation risk, children’s health, preschool educational institutions, formaldehyde

Abstract

A research of the furnishing level of preschool establishments has been conducted, the air quality of the premises has been assessed for the presence of chemical impurities (formaldehyde, phenol, benzene, styrene, ethylbenzene) migrating from furniture products and forming the chronic risks to children’s health, attending pre-school organizations. It has been established that the furnishing level of the premises of preschool educational institutions varies from 0.35 to 1.15 m2/m3. The dependence between the formaldehyde content in the indoor air and the furnishing level of these premises (y=0.0128x+0.0035, R2=0.23) was obtained. The maximum permissible average daily concentrations of formaldehyde (25 % of values exceed the hygienic standard of MPCad from 2 to 9 times) and phenol (25 % of values exceed the hygienic standard of MPCad from 1.7 to 5 times) were established. Unacceptable risk levels of development of non-carcinogenic effects on the children’s health are forecasted in relation to respiratory system 3,0–7,5 HI (69,7–100 % of the contribution to risk formation is made by formaldehyde), to immune system – 3,9 HI of 8.8 (61,0–84.4 % of the contribution is made by formaldehyde). For cardiovascular and central nervous systems risks are forecasted at the level of 0,9–3,8 HI (40,4–100 % of the contribution is made by benzene). The median of total carcinogenic risk (TCR) averaged 9.8 10–5. This level of risk corresponds to the upper limit of the acceptable level of risk.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - I.V. May
AU  - N.V. Nikiforova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/03
TI  - Assessment of Inhalation Risk to Children’s Health Under the Exposure of Chemicals Migrating From Furniture Products
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference “Health and wellbeing in modern society” (ICHW 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 244
EP  - 249
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.201001.049
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.201001.049
ID  - May2020
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