NDLI: A standard method for measuring benzene and formaldehyde emissions from candles in emission test chambers for human health risk assessment purposes.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Petry, Thomas Cazelle, Elodie Lloyd, Paul Mascarenhas, Reuben Stijntjes, Gerard
Description	Country affiliation: Belgium Author Affiliation: Petry T ( ToxMinds BVBA, Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs, 1200 Brussels, Belgium. thomas.petry@toxminds.com)
Abstract	Burning candles release a number of volatile or semi-volatile organic compounds (VOC; SVOC) and particulate matters into indoor air. Publicly available candle emission studies vary in protocols and factors known to have a great influence on combustion processes, making it difficult to determine potential implications of candle emissions for human health. The main objective of this investigation was to establish and standardize as far as possible a candle VOC emission testing protocol in small- to mid-scale test chambers on the basis of existing standards as well as to verify its suitability for human health risk assessment purposes. Two pilot studies were conducted to define the boundaries of permissible variations in chamber parameters without significantly impacting the quality of the candle burn. A four-centre ring trial assessed the standardised protocol. The ring trial revealed that when the laboratories were able to control the chamber parameters within the defined boundaries, reproducible formaldehyde and benzene emissions, considered as VOC markers, are determined. It was therefore concluded that the protocol developed in this investigation is suitable for generating candle VOC emission data for human health risk assessment purposes.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	20507887
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	15
e-ISSN	20507895
Journal	Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2013-07-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Air Pollution, Indoor Analysis Benzene Carcinogens Formaldehyde Inhalation Exposure Volatile Organic Compounds Consumer Product Safety Environmental Monitoring Humans Risk Assessment Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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