Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology

The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology (환경독성보건학회)
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Health Risk Assessment of Aldehydes and VOCs in the Activities Space of Young Children -Focused on Child-care Facilities and Indoor Playgrounds-

어린이 주요 활동 공간의 휘발성 유기화합물 노출로 인한 건강 위해성 평가 -보육시설 및 실내놀이터 중심으로-

  • Yang, Ji-Yeon (The Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Ho-Hyun (The Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yang, Su-Hee (The Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Duk (The Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University) ;
  • Jeon, Jun-Min (Department of Civil & Environmental Eng, Suncheon first College) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Chun (Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Young-Wook (The Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University)
  • 양지연 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 김호현 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 양수희 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 김선덕 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 전준민 (순천제일대학 토목환경과) ;
  • 신동천 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 임영욱 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소)
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

This study assessed the lifetime cancer and non-cancer risk of aldehydes and volatile organic compounds exposure of young children at child-care facilities and indoor playgrounds in Korea. The samples were collected at various children's facilities (40 day-care houses, 42 child-care centers, 44 kindergartens, and 42 indoor playgrounds) in summer (Jul~Sep, 2007), winter (Jan~Feb, 2008) and Spring (Mar~Apr, 2008) periods, and analyzed by GC-MS. We estimated the lifetime excess cancer risks (ECRs) of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, chloroform, CCI4 and tetrachloroethylene, and the hazard quotients (HQs) of Non-carcinogens (toluene, xylene, benzaldehyde and formaldehyde). Formaldehyde evaluated both cancer and non-cancer risk. The average ECRs of formaldehyde for young children were $1\times10^{-4}{\sim}1\times10^{-5}$ level in all facilities. HQs of four non-carcinogens did not exceed 1.0 for all subjects in all facilities.

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