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CASE STUDY: MULTIPOLLUTANT INDOOR AIR QUALITY STUDY OF 300 HOMESIN KINGSTON/HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE
Citation:
Hawthorne, A., C. Dudney, R. Tyndall, T. Vo-Dinh, M. Cohen, J. Spengler, AND J. Harper. CASE STUDY: MULTIPOLLUTANT INDOOR AIR QUALITY STUDY OF 300 HOMESIN KINGSTON/HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/126.
Description:
An indoor air quality study of 300 homes in the Kingston/Harrimanarea of East Tennessee was conducted during 1985-86. his locationis one of six locations selected in a larger Harvard Universitystudy to evaluate air quality and respiratory health. omes ineach study city were selected based on the participation of aschool child in the concurrent Harvard Acute Respiratory HealthStudy. Eight groups of houses were chosen based on the presence orabsence of the following sources: igarette smoking, wood stoves,and kerosene heaters. roup of "core" measurements is beingconducted in all six of the Harvard study cities for nitrogendioxide, respirable particulate matter, water vapor, and airexchange rates. A detailed questionnaire of home characteristicsand occupant behavior is also administered. upplemental indoorair quality measurements were conducted in the Kingston/Harrimanstudy for radon, formaldehyde, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons,and airborne micro-organisms. easurements were made for atwo-week period (except for radon and micro-organisms) in eachhouse during the winter season and again during the summer season. Both vapor phase and particulate phase polynuclear aromatichydrocarbons were monitored. iable airborne bacteria and fungiwere sampled in a large subset of houses. etailed energyuse/weatherization surveys were conducted by utility trainedauditors. tudy protocols and preliminary monitoring results arepresented.