TABLE 3.
TVOC and top ten predicted individual VOC concentrations (in a living room and a bedroom) and criteria by Ausschuss zur gesundheitlichen Bewertung von Bauprodukten's Lowest Concentration of Interest (AgBB LCI),29 the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' Threshold Limit Values (ACGIH TLV®),33 and the California Department of Public Health Standard Method (CDPH SM).32 All concentrations are in μg/m3
| CAS No. | Chemical | Living room conc. | Bedroom conc. |
AgBB LCI |
ACGIH 1/10 TLV |
CDPH SM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000‐00‐0 | TVOC | 12.1 | 168 | NA | NA | NA |
| 66‐25‐1 | Hexanal | 6.22 | 86.8 | 900 | NA | NA |
| 79‐09‐4 | Propanoic acid | 3.34 | 46.6 | 310 | NA | NA |
| 71‐36‐3 | 1‐Butanol | 2.54 | 35.5 | 3000 | 6060 | NA |
| 108‐32‐7 | Propylene carbonate | 3.14 | 43.8 | 250 | NA | NA |
| 110‐62‐3 | Pentanal | 1.26 | 17.6 | 800 | NA | NA |
| 123‐38‐6 | Propanal | 1.29 | 18.0 | NA | NA | NA |
| 142‐62‐1 | Hexanoic acid | 0.80 | 11.2 | 490 | NA | NA |
| 108‐95‐2 | Phenol | 1.98 | 27.6 | 10 | 1930 | 100 |
| 75‐07‐0 | Acetaldehyde | 0.73 | 10.2 | 1200 | 4500 | 70 |
| 111‐76‐2 | Ethanol, 2‐butoxy | 0.76 | 10.6 | 1100 | 9670 | NA |
Abbreviation: NA, not available.