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Impact on Indoor Air of Multifunctional Materials Made with Animal Waste and Agro-Industrial By-Products

Year: 2023

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: One severe public health problem globally is air pollution, as exposure to air pollutants threatens the health of people everywhere in the world. Agriculture generates waste, the improper disposal of such waste producing adverse environmental effects like air pollution, etc. In this context, our research focused on capitalizing on animal waste (wool) and agro-industrial by-products (sunflower seed husks) as additives in two types of aqueous dispersion finishing/protection products, serving as binders. The paper presents the results from the monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions of four types of innovative multi-layer finishes made with such types of waste.

DOI: 10.3390/chemproc2023013021

Authors: Vasilica Vasile, Irina Popa, Cristian Petcu, Alina Dima, Mihaela Ion

Institution: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare in Construcţii Urbanism şi Dezvoltare Teritorială Durabilă

Language: English

Topic: Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4388977096

FWCI: 1.629

Cites: 17

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10