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VOCs emitted from common materials and furnishings.
Source Pollutants Emitted
Adhesives Alcohols, amines, benzene, formaldehyde, terpenes, toluene, xylenes.
Carbonless copy paper Chorobiphenyl, cyclohexane,dibutylphthalate,formaldehyde.
Carpeting Alcohols, alkanes, formaldehyde, 4-methylbenzene, styrene.
Computer display terminals n-butanol,cresol,pthalates,dodecamethyl cyclosiloxane, 2-ethoxyethyl acetate, ethylbenzene, 3-methylene,2-pentanone,ozone, phenol, phosphoric acid, toluene, xylene.
Paints, stains, varnish Acetates, acrylates, alcohols, alkanes, amines, benzenes, formaldehyde
Particle board Alcohols, alkanes, amines, benzenes, 3-carene, formaldehyde,. terpenes, toluene.
 
Source; RUHL, RA, ChangC, Halperm, GM, Gershwin, ME,
The Sick Building Syndrome; Assessment and regulation of Indoor Air Quality. J. Astma 30(4);297-308, 1993

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