1. Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds of respiratory health relevance in French dwellings
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A. Dallongeville, Séverine Deguen, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, B. Le Bot, Olivier Blanchard, Nathalie Costet, Denis Zmirou-Navier, Cécile Chevrier, Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique )-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université d'Angers (UA), École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), Dynamique de l'information génétique : bases fondamentales et cancer (DIG CANCER), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC) - INSTITUT CURIE - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche, santé, environnement et travail [Rennes] (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA) - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG) - Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) - École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP) - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) - Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes (ENSA Nantes), équipe EDDEN, Politiques publiques, ACtion politique, TErritoires (PACTE), Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 (UPMF) - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF) - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (IEPG) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 (UPMF) - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF) - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (IEPG) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Toxicologie Moleculaire, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5) - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Département Santé Environnement Travail et Génie Sanitaire (DSETGS), Laboratoire d'étude et de recherche en environnement et santé (LERES), and Département Méthodes quantitatives en santé publique (METIS)
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Synthetic musks ,Environmental Engineering ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Phthalic Acids ,Indoor exposure ,010501 environmental sciences ,Diethyl phthalate ,01 natural sciences ,Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Phthalates ,Environmental health ,Formaldehyde ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Galaxolide ,Volatile organic compounds ,Child ,Respiratory health ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Indoor air pollutants ,Pollutant ,Air Pollutants ,Aldehydes ,Principal Component Analysis ,High prevalence ,Chemistry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Building and Construction ,Environmental exposure ,Diisobutyl phthalate ,Environmental Exposure ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,Asthma ,3. Good health ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,13. Climate action ,Environmental chemistry ,Air Pollution, Indoor ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Housing ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Enviromnemt ,France ,Environmental Monitoring ,Trihalomethanes - Abstract
International audience; Over the last decades, the prevalence of childhood respiratory conditions has dramatically increased worldwide. Considering the time spent in enclosed spaces, indoor air pollutants are of major interest to explain part of this increase. This study aimed to measure the concentrations of pollutants known or suspected to affect respiratory health that are present in dwellings in order to assess children's exposure. Measurements were taken in 150 homes with at least one child, in Brittany (western France), to assess the concentrations of 18 volatile organic compounds (among which four aldehydes and four trihalomethanes) and nine semi-volatile organic compounds (seven phthalates and two synthetic musks). In addition to descriptive statistics, a principal component analysis (PCA) was used to investigate grouping of contaminants. Formaldehyde was highly present and above 30 μg/m(3) in 40% of the homes. Diethyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, and dimethylphthalate were quantified in all dwellings, as well as Galaxolide and Tonalide. For each chemical family, the groups appearing in the PCA could be interpreted in term of sources. The high prevalence and the levels of these compounds, with known or suspected respiratory toxicity, should question regulatory agencies to trigger prevention and mitigation actions.
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- 2016
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