Grantee Research Project Results
2007 Progress Report: Performance Evaluation of the 3M Charcoal Vapor Monitor for Monitor Low Ambient Concentrations of VOCs
EPA Grant Number: R828678C014Subproject: this is subproject number 014 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R824834
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Airborne PM - Rochester PM Center
Center Director: Oberdörster, Günter
Title: Performance Evaluation of the 3M Charcoal Vapor Monitor for Monitor Low Ambient Concentrations of VOCs
Investigators: Morandi, Maria T.
Current Investigators: Morandi, Maria T. , Croisant, Sharon Petronella , Kwon, Jaymin , Phillips, Michael , Harrist, Ronald , Whitmore, Roy , Stock, Tom
Institution: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Current Institution: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , California State University - Fresno , Research Triangle Institute , The University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: January 2, 2001 through December 31, 2005 (Extended to December 31, 2008)
Project Period Covered by this Report: January 2, 2006 through December 31, 2007
RFA: Targeted Research Center (2004) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , Targeted Research
Objective:
The goal was to develop a manuscript that summarizes the performance parameters and limitations of the OVM that would be submitted for publication to a suitable scientific journal (e.g., Environmental Science and Technology, J. of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, Atmospheric Environment).
Project Background:
The purpose of this project was to perform a critical review of the literature for performance evaluation of the 3M-Organic Vapor Monitor for sampling ppb-level concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) typical of community outdoor and indoor air and of personal inhalation exposures.
Progress Summary:
On December 31, 2006, the NUATRC received a draft manuscript for the project that includes both description of the performance characteristics of the OVM and description of the application of the OVM in exposure studies. The paper was reviewed by the SAP subgroup. They thought that it was in good shape, but had some organizational suggestions and some suggestions related to areas that could be expanded. These comments were provided to Dr. Morandi, with a recommendation that the manuscript be revised and submitted to a journal by April 2007.
Despite our numerous inquiries about the manuscript, the PI has indicated that she has not yet completed the revisions. Final payment will be made after submission of the manuscript for publication.
Supplemental Keywords:
Health, RFA, Scientific Discipline, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, PHYSICAL ASPECTS, HUMAN HEALTH, Aquatic Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Health Risk Assessment, Physical Processes, Risk Assessments, Biochemistry, Health Effects, Genetics, respiratory disease, asthma, urban environment, water quality, human exposure, particulate matter, morbidity, exposure, ozone, air pollution, airborne urban contaminants, environmental tobacco smoke, human health risk, airway diseaseProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractMain Center Abstract and Reports:
R824834 Airborne PM - Rochester PM Center Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R824834C001 Air Toxics Exposures Among Teenagers in New York City and Los Angeles - A Columbia-Harvard Study (TEACH)
R824834C002 Cardiopulmonary Response to Particulate Exposure
R824834C003 VOC Exposure in an Industry Impacted Community
R824834C004 A Study of Personal Exposure to Air Toxics Among a Subset of the Residential U.S. Population (VOC Project)
R824834C005 Methods Development Project for a Study of Personal Exposures to Toxic Air Pollutants
R824834C006 Relationship Between Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA)
R824834C007 Development of the "Leland Legacy" Air Sampling Pump
R824834C008 Source Apportionment of Indoor Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Urban Residences
R824834C009 Development of a Personal Cascade Impactor Sampler (PCIS)
R824834C010 Testing the Metals Hypothesis in Spokane
R828678C001 Air Toxics Exposures Among Teenagers in New York City and Los Angeles—A Columbia-Harvard Study (TEACH)
R828678C002 Cardiopulmonary Effects of Metal-Containing Particulate Exposure
R828678C003 VOC Exposure in an Industry Impacted Community
R828678C004 A Study of Personal Exposure to Air Toxics Among a Subset of the Residential U.S. Population (VOC Project)
R828678C005 Oxygenated Urban Air Toxics and Asthma Variability in Middle School Children: A Panel Study (ATAC–Air Toxics and Asthma in Children)
R828678C006 Relationship between Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA). Part II: Analyses of Concentrations of Particulate Matter Species
R828678C007 Development of the “Leland Legacy” Air Sampling Pump
R828678C008 Source Apportionment of Indoor PAHs in Urban Residences 98-03B
R828678C009 Development of a Personal Cascade Impactor Sampler (PCIS)
R828678C010 Testing the Metals Hypothesis in Spokane
R828678C011 A Pilot Geospatial Analysis of Exposure to Air Pollutants (with Special Attention to Air Toxics) and Hospital Admissions in Harris County, Texas
R828678C012 Impact of Exposure to Urban Air Toxics on Asthma Utilization for the Pediatric Medicaid Population in Dearborn, Michigan
R828678C013 Field Validation of the Sioutas Sampler and Leland Legacy Pump – Joint Project with EPA’s Environmental Technology Validation Program (ETV)
R828678C014 Performance Evaluation of the 3M Charcoal Vapor Monitor for Monitor Low Ambient Concentrations of VOCs
R828678C015 RIOPA Database Development
R828678C016 Contributions of Outdoor PM Sources to Indoor and Personal Exposures: Analysis of PM Species Concentrations” Focused on the PM Speciation and Apportioning of Sources
R828678C017 The Short and Long-Term Respiratory Effects of Exposure to PAHs from Traffic in a Cohort of Asthmatic Children
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