Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

Duration: 1st June 2010 – 31st May 2013

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

Associated partnersAir Quality Measurements, Environmental Risk and Health, VITO

Eddy Goelen, Marianne Stranger, Jeroen Van Deun

Department of Engineering and Management of Energy Resources, University of West Macedonia John Bartzis

Methods, Research and External Relations, ANSES Salma Elreedy, Sandrine Philippe

Chemical-Technical Analysis and Chemical Food Technology, Technische Universität München, TUM Albrecht Friess

Indoor Environment Group, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, NRCWE Peder Wolkoff

Unit of Advanced Studies on Energy in the Built Environment, Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, IDMEC

Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes, Gabriela Ventura Silva

Dipartimento di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi di Milano, UMIL Paolo Carrer

IPSOS Belgium Rosario Spadaro, Sylvia Vandenbroucke

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

Collaborating partnersJosefa Barrero-Moreno DG JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

Christine Daeumling UBA

Alain D’Haese FEA - European Aerosol Federation

Mike Freemantle SC Johnson

Loredana Ghinea CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council

Stylianos Kephalopoulos DG JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

Dimitrios Kotzias DG JRC

Paul Lloyd SC Johnson/A.I.S.E.

Robert Martens Federal Public Service Health, Food Savety and Environment

Reinhard Oppl Eurofins

Gerard J. Stijntjes Procter& Gamble Eurocor/A.I.S.E.

Jacques Warnon CEPE

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

EPHECT focus

WHAT? consumer products

known to be potential sources of hazardous and other health relevant air pollutants in dwellings; exposure related to use scenario

AIM?to identify and quantify

a set of key indoor air polluants and emerging pollutans emitted by consumer product classes, whilst simulating European use conditions

WHICH POLLUTANTS? gaseous and particulate emissions, sec. reactions and degradations of coated surf.

(1) compounds prioritised by relev. inter. concerted actions or organisations(2) compounds reported as pot. hazardous and occurring in the product

BUMAC

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

EPHECT strategy (1)

Database of the state-of-the-art on consumer product emissionsproduct compositions, emission test protocols, emissions, sec.reactions, exposure, health end points

Selection of 15 product classes, which(1) are used in households(2) cause an exposure related to the use(3) emit key or emerging pollutants(4) have a considerable indicative household use frequency(5) mainly cause inhalation exposure(6) cause a health end point

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

EPHECT strategy (2)

Market study on the 15 product classeson use, use pattern, habits and attitudes of EU consumers

Laboratory testingto quantify product emissions, focusing on research gaps

Exposure and health risk assessment models applying data on use and use patterns + quantified product emissions

Completion of BUMAC

Risk management guidancepolicy options, risk reduction strategies

Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

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Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU

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