Ozone Pollution: A Major Health Hazard Worldwide - PMC

10/31 · The net effects include the accumulation of ozone, the oxidation of VOCs into oxygenated organic compounds, and the formation of nitrogen-containing compound, and the oxidation of CO into CO 2. Because many of the oxygenated and nitrogen-containing organic compounds are present in the condensed phase due to their low volatility, they are called

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Health effects of a mixture of indoor air volatile organics, their ozone oxidation products, and stress - PubMed

In our present study we tested the health effects among women of controlled exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with and without ozone (O3), and psychological stress. Each subject was exposed to the following three conditions at 1-week intervals (within-subject factor): VOCs (26 mg/m3), VOCs + O3 (26 mg/m3 + 40 ppb), and ambient air with a 1-min

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Ambient volatile organic compounds and their effect on ozone

1/15 · Ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were continuously measured from February to October at an urban site in Wuhan. The characteristics and sources of VOCs and their effect on ozone (O3) formation were studied for the first time. The total VOC levels in Wuhan were relatively low, and

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Things the Ozone Layer is made of 2022 - Environment Go!

2022/9/14 · The formation of the Ozone molecule. Three oxygen atoms are loosely linked together to form the pale blue allotrope of oxygen known as ozone. It is an unstable gas that progressively breaks down into oxygen molecules. Even though ozone is extremely important to humans, it has a pungent smell. Three oxygen atoms make up the highly reactive gas

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Environmental effects of volatile organic compounds on ozone layer

Effect of Volatile Organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and other hazardous volatile organic materials on the ozone layer by studying the

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Chemical Production of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds Strongly Enhances Boundary-Layer Oxidation Chemistry and Ozone Production - PubMed

10/19 · Photolysis of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) produces a primary source of free radicals, including OH and inorganic and organic peroxy radicals (HO2 and RO2), consequently increasing photochemical ozone production. The amplification of radical cycling through OVO

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Handbook Of Environmental Engineering : A System Of Decision-making

Environmental Engineering —John Lange, Envirosafe Training and Consultants practitioners." —Luca Cegolon, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK In his latest book, the Handbook of Environmental Engineering, esteemed author Frank Spellman provides a practical view of pollution and its impact on the natural environment.

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Volatile Organic Compound Sampling through Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technique for Environmental

Wakamatsu, S.; et al. Vertical distribution of ozone and VOCs in the low boundary layer of Mexico City. Atmos. Chem. Phys volatile organic compounds and their applications within the

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Spatiotemporal Distributions of Ambient Volatile Organic

2022/4/8 · ABSTRACT Ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play a critical role in air quality as important precursors for the formation of ozone and secondary organic aerosols.

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Health Effects of a Mixture of Indoor Air Volatile Organics, Their

In our present study we tested the health effects among women of controlled exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with and without ozone (O3), and psychological stress. Each subject was exposed to the following three conditions at 1-week intervals (within-subject factor): VOCs (26 mg/m3), VOCs + O3 (26 mg/m3 + 40 ppb), and ambient air with a 1-min spike of VOCs (2.5 mg/m3). As a

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Emission Characteristics and Health Risks of Volatile Organic Compounds

In this study, the emission characteristics, health risks, and environmental effects of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a typical, recycled rubber plant were studied. A total of 15 samples were collected by summa canisters, and 100 VOC species were detected by the GC/MS-FID system.

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Characteristics of volatile organic compounds, NO 2, and effects on

Chengdu is a megacity in the southwest of China with high ozone (O 3) mixing ratio.Observation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), NO 2 and O 3 with high temporal resolution was conducted in Chengdu to investigate the chemical processes and causes of high O 3 levels. The hourly mixing ratios of VOCs, NO 2, and O 3 were monitored by an online system from 28 August to 7 October, 2016.

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PDF Lowering Ozone: Effect of Controlling Volatile Organic Compounds and ...PDF

Lowering Ozone: Effect of Controlling Compounds and Chapter 5 Volatile Organic Nitrogen Oxides INTRODUCTION' Ozone is not emitted; rather it is produced in the atmosphere from reactions involving two ' 'precur-sor" pollutants: volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NO X). To develop effective

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Ambient volatile organic compounds and their effect on ozone production

Ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were continuously measured from February to October at an urban site in Wuhan. The characteristics and sources of VOCs and their effect on ozone (O3) formation were studied for the first time. The total VOC levels in Wuhan were relatively low, and

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Effects of Anthropogenic and Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds on Los

Assessing the role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in production of ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is especially important in light of ongoing policy goals. Here, we estimated the ozone formation potential (OFP) and SOA formation potential (SOAP) of anthropogenic and biogenic VOC emissions to evaluate (1) anthropogenic VOCs and associated sectors that dominate OFP and SOAP and

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Environmental effects of volatile organic compounds on ozone layer

Effect of Volatile Organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and other hazardous volatile organic materials on the ozone layer by studying the advantages and disadvantages of this material upon the production of ozone by NOx gases. The rate of reaction, selectivity and optimum concentration of VOCs which can be used to protect the ozone layer and maximize the

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Environmental impact and health risk assessment of volatile organic

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major contributors to air pollution. Based on the emission characteristics of 99 VOCs that daily measured at 10 am in winter from 15 December to 17 January and in summer from 21 July to 25 August in Beijing, the environmental impact and health risk of VOC were assessed.

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Bad Hair Day: Are Aerosols Still Bad for the Ozone Layer?

Every time you hit the button, then, you are raising your carbon footprint, albeit ever so slightly. Modern-day, CFC-free aerosol sprays also emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that contribute

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Volatile Organic Compound Exemptions | Ground-level Ozone Pollution

Some VOCs react slowly and changes in their emissions have limited effects on local or regional ozone pollution episodes. Those VOCs, determined to have low photochemical reactivity by approved test methods, may be excluded as VOC for regulatory purposes. These determinations are made by regulation and are commonly referred to as VOC Exemptions.

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Frontiers | Modeling Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions and Subsequent Impacts on Ozone

2022/6/27 · Impact of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds Emission on Ozone Air Quality in the Sichuan Basin Previous studies have suggested that severe O 3 pollution over China in the year of is in large part due to protracted unfavorable meteorology (featured by hot and stagnant weather conditions) and climate-driven elevated BVOC emissions ( Wu et al., ).

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Volatile organic compounds and their contribution to ground-level ozone

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134852 Corpus ID: 248597015; Volatile organic compounds and their contribution to ground-level ozone formation in a tropical urban environment. @article{Zulkifli2022VolatileOC, title={Volatile organic compounds and their contribution to ground-level ozone formation in a tropical urban environment.}, author={Mohd Faizul Hilmi Zulkifli and Nor Syamimi Sufiera Limi

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The impact of volatile organic compounds on ozone formation in

The impact of volatile organic compounds on ozone formation in the suburban area of Shanghai Kun Zhang a, b, Li Li a, b, *, Ling Huang a, b, Yangjun Wang a, b, Juntao Huo c,

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Frontiers | Ozone Impact on Emission of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds

2022/6/24 · Plants emit a broad number of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) that can impact urban ozone (O3) production. Conversely, the O3 is a phytotoxic pollutant that causes unknown alterations in BVOC emissions from native plants. In this sense, here, we characterized the constitutive and O3-induced BVOCs for two (2dO3) and four (4dO3) days of

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Elucidating Contributions of Anthropogenic Volatile Organic Compounds

In China, emissions of ozone (O3)-producing pollutants have been targeted for mitigation to reduce O3 pollution. However, the observed O3 decrease is slower than/opposite to expectations affecting the health of millions of people. For a better understanding of this failure and its connection with anthropogenic emissions, we quantify the summer O3 trends that would have occurred had the weather

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Degradation of gaseous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by a novel UV-ozone

2022/6/30 · Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions have become a key environmental concern due to adverse effects on health and environment 1,2,3,4.Extended human exposure to VOCs emissions (e.g

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The effect of anthropogenic volatile organic compound sources on ozone

Environmental context Volatile organic compounds are precursors of ozone, a pollutant with adverse environmental effects. It is important to determine the associations between the various sources of volatile organic compounds and ozone levels because emission controls are based on sources. We estimated the contributions of specific sources of volatile organic compounds on ozone levels using

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Ecosystem Effects of Ozone Pollution | US EPA

2022/7/7 · The effects of ozone on individual plants can then have negative impacts on ecosystems, including: loss of species diversity (less variety of plants, animals, insects, and

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Effects of coal chemical industry on atmospheric volatile organic compounds emission and ozone

Coal is well known as the primary energy consumption in China, and the coal chemical industry (CCI) can serve as an important source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions. However, the characteristics of VOCs emitted from CCI along with their environmental consequences are still poorly unde

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Environmental Chamber Studies of Atmospheric Reactivities of Volatile Organic Compounds: Effects

1995/5/1 · @article{osti_57153, title = {Environmental Chamber Studies of Atmospheric Reactivities of Volatile Organic Compounds: Effects of Varying Chamber and Light Source}, author = {Carter, W. and Luo, D. and Malkina, I. and Pierce, J.}, abstractNote = {Photochemical oxidant models are essential tools for assessing effects of emissions changes on ground-level

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Volatile organic compounds | Australia State of the Environment

VOCs are a group of carbon-based chemicals that easily evaporate at room temperature. Many common household materials and products, such as paints and cleaning products, give off VOCs. Common VOCs include acetone, benzene, ethylene glycol, formaldehyde, methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, toluene and xylene. Different VOCs have different health effects, and range

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What are volatile organic compounds (VOCs)? - US EPA

2022/1/4 · Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors. VOCs are emitted by a wide array of products numbering

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