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.
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