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DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM NEW CARPETING
Citation:
Pleil, J. AND R. Whiton. DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM NEW CARPETING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/462 (NTIS PB91183277), 1990.
Description:
New carpeting has been the source of a number of indoor air health and odor complaints. nvestigations of a variety of carpet samples have shown that there is a diversity of organic emissions among carpet types; some of the compounds found have been listed in the NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. he paper describes two complementary analytical methods for screening carpet samples: headspace" method for volatile emissions and a Soxhlet extraction method using methylene chloride for the semi-volatile and non-volatile compounds. he analytical results from seven carpet types are presented with special emphasis on the compound 4-phenylcyclohexene, one of the causes of "new carpet smell," which has also been anectdotally linked to adverse short term health effects. ther compounds of possible interest that were found include dichlorobenzene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate1 triethyl phosphate, e-caprolactam, and methylene-bis(4-isocyanatobenzene).
