A influência de compostos orgânicas voláteis de tintas imobiliárias na qualidade do ar de ambientes internos

Abstract

Considering that people have spent most of their time indoors, it becomes essential to identify the quality of the air they are exposed to during this period. In this context, there are several sources and types of pollutants for indoor air, volatile organic compounds standing out as the most relevant class of these pollutants. The present study aimed to evaluate volatile organic compounds in architectural paints, which is present in the majority of homes, and their influence on indoor air quality. For this, through a bibliographic review in the Web of Science and ScienceDirect database, 21 articles were selected for the investigation the composition of the air in residences in different countries, the volatile organic compounds found attributed to architectural paints and the influence of the residents' health. In that way, it was found that newly painted homes have higher levels of volatile organic compounds, up to 4% of the volatiles found in air samples from homes can be attributed to paints and their main volatiles such as xylene and ethylbenzene. In addition, it was identified as an effect to the great exposure of inhabitants of houses with low indoor air quality, diseases such as the sick building syndrome.