Simple method to assess health risk of vehicle interior pollution
In recent years, a vehicle cabin has been recognized as an important indoor environment for people often go working, shopping, traveling, school and home with vehicles. Unfortunately, people can exposure to airborne VOCs pollution in vehicular cabins. Interior air environment and health problems of vehicles have attracted increasing attention, and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes and styrene are primary hazardous gases in vehicular cabins.
Fig. 1. Cancer health risk of vehicle interior VOCs pollution to male receptors.
According to the inhalation rate, exposure duration, exposure frequency, exposure time, average lifetime, average body weight of different receptors such as male drivers, female drivers, male passengers and female passengers, the vehicle interior VOCs concentrations, potency factor of cancer health risk, and reference concentration of inhalation for chronic non-cancer health risk, the health risk equations of vehicle interior VOCs pollution to different drivers and passengers are induced. For vehicle interior benzene pollution concentration (X, μg/m3) to male drivers, female drivers, male passengers and female passengers, the cancer health risk equations are Y = 1.48E-06X, Y = 1.42E-06X, Y = 2.22E-07X and Y = 2.13E-07X, respectively, and the non-cancer health risk equations are Y = 1.70E-03X, Y = 1.63E-03X, Y = 2.55E-04X and Y = 2.45E-04X, respectively. Another way to obtain the health risk equations is through the analysis of trend linearity, as shown in Figure 1.
Publication
Health risk equations and risk assessment of airborne benzene homologues exposure to drivers and passengers in taxi cabins.
Chen X, Feng L, Luo H, Cheng H.
Environ Sci Pollut Res. 2015 Nov 5
Related Articles:
 | Emerald Ash Borer attacks trees revealing early… The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is a major global forest pest (a buprestid beetle) that has decimated ash trees (Fraxinus species) throughout Europe and Asia. Since this nonnative… |
 | Am I at risk of developing diabetes if exposed to… The answer is: it depends. Of course, there is no trivial answer to an open question like that when referring to scientific investigation. But we can make you think better… |
 | Sleep abnormalities in different clinical stages of… Sleep abnormalities are commonly observed in individuals with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Research shows that over half of people with these conditions have trouble sleeping. Poor sleep also often… |
 | Boosting chicken health with tea extract: a natural… In modern poultry farming, chickens often face stressful conditions such as overcrowding, poor air quality, and contaminated feed. These conditions can lead to oxidative stress, a state where an excess… |
 | Sustainable solutions: Tamarind Seed Kernel powder… The majority of petroleum-based adhesives applied in the wood industry today, particularly formaldehyde-based adhesives. Their application trend is increasing due to their wide availability, superior bonding, durability, and resistance to… |
 | Making Christmas trees under duress, or how cells… Some of the most enduring images for a molecular biologist are electron microscopy micrographs of the so-called “Christmas trees”, famously first observed by Oscar Miller from newt oocytes in 1969.… |
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.