Emission of Volatile Oganic Compounds from Wood and Wood-Based Materials

Appendix 5: All Chemicals List and Project Specific List

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All Chemicals List

Project Specific List

Appendix 5

All Chemicals List

The All Chemicals List covers substances with carcinogenic, reprotoxic, allergen or neurotoxic effects, which in principle could be expected to be emitted from wood and wood-based materials.

The all chemicals list refers to the following data:

	Chemical identity:
	CAS-number
	Name of chemical substance
	Type of chemical substance
	Vapour pressure at 25ºC [VP mmHg], reference: Danish Environmental Protection Agency (file of calculated values, dated 1996.08.23).

Health and comfort effects:

Carcinogenicity [C].

References: Substances considered "carcinogenic" according to Lists on Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Working Environment in Denmark (see below).

Reproductive toxicity [R].

Reference: Reproductive toxicants in the work environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, AMI-report No.35/1991.

1L = considered a reproductive toxicant at low dose
1M = considered a reproductive toxicant at medium dose
1H = considered a reproductive toxicant at high dose
2M = considered a suspected reproductive toxicant at medium dose
2H = considered a suspected reproductive toxicant at high dose
3 = the chemical cannot be evaluated as to its reproductive toxicity.

Allergy [A].

Reference: Allergens in the working environment, National Insitute of Occupational Health, AMI-Report No. 33/1990.

L= Airway allergens

S= Contact allergens

Neurotoxicity [N].

Reference: Neurotoxic substances in the work environment, Danish Working

Environment Service, At-report Nr. 13/1990.

SRI-1 = Substances causing minor risks of health effects by accident and intensive exposure. Usual work with the substance does not cause any risk
SRI-2 = Substances causing minor risks of health effects by usual work
SRI-3 = Substances causing risk of health effects by usual work by skin contact and by respiration of spray haze
SRI-4 = Substances causing major risks of permanent and/or serious damages on the nervous system even by usual work with the substances
SRI-5 = Substances causing a major risk of unconsciousness, death or serious damages on the nervous system by usual work

Classification.

Reference: List of dangerous substances. Ministry of Environment and Energy. Order no. 69, February, 1996.

C Corrosive
E Explosive
F Highly flammable
Fx Extremely flammable
N Dangerous for the environment
O Oxidizing
T Toxic
XI Irritant
XN Harmful

Carc1 Carcinogenic Carc1 (Labelling: "Toxic")
Carc2 Carcinogenic Carc2 (Labelling: "Toxic")
Carc3 Carcinogenic Carc3 (Labelling: "Harmful")
Mut2 Mutagenic Mut2 (Labelling: "Toxic")
Mut3 Mutagenic Mut3 (Labelling: "Harmful")
Rep2 Substances toxic to reproduction Rep2:
- substances should be regarded as if they impair fertility in humans
- substances which should be regarded as if they cause developmental toxicity in humans.
R2 Risk of explosion by shock, friction, fire or other sources of ignition
R7 May cause fire
R10 Flammable
R11 Highly flammable
R12 Extremely flammable
R19 May form explosive peroxides
R20 Harmful by inhalation
R21 Harmful in contact with skin
R22 Harmful if swallowed
R23 Toxic by inhalation
R24 Toxic in contact with skin
R25 Toxic if swallowed
R26 Very toxic by inhalation
R33 Danger of cumulative effects
R34 Causes burns
R36 Irritating to eyes
R37 Irritating to respiratory system
R38 Irritating to skin
R40 Possible risks of irrevesible effects
R41 Risk of serious damages to eyes
R42 May cause sensitization by inhalation
R43 May cause sensitization by skin contact
R45 May cause cancer
R46 May cause heritable genetic damage
R48 Danger of serious damage to health by prolonged exposure
R50 Very toxic to aquatic organisms
R51 Toxic to aquatic organisms
R52 Harmful to aquatic organisms
R53 May cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment
R59 Dangerous for the ozone layer
R60 May impair fertility
R61 May cause harm to the unborn child

	Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Work Environment [TLV]. Reference: At-anvisning Nr. 3.1.0.2, 1994, and update December 1996.
	C-values.
	Reference: Industrial Air Pollution Control Guidelines, Danish Environmental Protection Agency 1992. Most values are obtained from file, dated 1996.11.21,

* indicates values obtained from an earlier file.

Appendix 5

Project Specific List

The Project Specific List covers substances quantified by the emission chamber measurements of the selected examples of wood and wood-based materials investigated in this project.

The product specific list refers to the following data:

Chemical identity:

	CAS-number
	Name of chemical substance
	Type of chemical substance
	Vapour pressure at 25ºC [VP mmHg], reference: Danish Environmental Protection Agency (file of calculated values, dated 1996.08.23).

Health and comfort effects:

Carcinogenicity [C].

References: Substances considered "carcinogenic" according to Lists on Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Working Environment in Denmark (see below).

Reproductive toxicity [R].

Reference: Reproductive toxicants in the work environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, AMI-report No.35/1991.

1M = considered a reproductive toxicant at medium dose
2M = considered a suspected reproductive toxicant at medium dose
2H = considered a suspected reproductive toxicant at high dose
3 = the chemical cannot be evaluated as to its reproductive toxicity.

Allergy [A].

Reference: Allergens in the working environment, National Insitute of Occupational Health, AMI-Report No. 33/1990.

L= Airway allergens
S= Contact allergens

Neurotoxicity [N].

Reference: Neurotoxic substances in the work environment, Danish Working Environment Service, At-report Nr. 13/1990.

SRI-1 = Substances causing minor risks of health effects by accident and intensive exposure. Usual work with the substance does not cause any risk

SRI-2 = Substances causing minor risks of health effects by usual work

SRI-3 = Substances causing risk of health effects by usual work by skin contact and by respiration of spray haze

SRI-4 = Substances causing major risks of permanent and/or serious damages on the nervous system even by usual work with the substances

SRI-5 = Substances causing a major risk of unconsciousness, death or serious damages on the nervous system by usual work

Classification.

Reference: List of dangerous substances. Ministry of Environment and

Energy. Order no. 69, February, 1996.

Carc3 Carcinogenic Carc3 (Labelling: "Harmful")

Rep2 Substances toxic to reproduction Rep2:

- Substances should be regarded as if they impair fertility in humans

- Substances which should be regarded as if they cause developmental toxicity in humans.

	Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances in the Work Environment [TLV]. Reference: At-anvisning Nr. 3.1.0.2, 1994, and update December 1996.
	C-values.

Reference: Industrial Air Pollution Control Guidelines, Danish Environmental Protection Agency 1992. Most values are obtained from file, dated 1996.11.21, * indicates values obtained from an earlier file.

Odour Threshold Values [Odour].

References: VOCBASE, AMI, 1996. * indicate values from Boholt.K. internal report for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency [*], 1992.

Irritation threshold values for the indoor air [Irritation threshold]

The irritation threshold is based on respiratory decrease in mice: RD50-values. Irritation threshold values of the indoor air take exposure 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and a safety factor of 10 to protect sensitive groups of population into account: 0.03/40xRD50. (Nielsen, G. D. and Peder Wolkoff, National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark, 1997).

Reference for RD50-values: VOCBASE, 1996.

Comfort and health effect of concern [LCI-EFF] covers:

C = Carcinogenicity

R = Reproductive toxicity

A = Allergy

N = Neurotoxicity

I = Irritation

[?] express doubts about a given effect.

The effects are based on hazard assessments. However considered the relative low concentrations of the chemical substances in the indoor environment the substances are characterizied by mainly irritative effects.

The background of the LCI-effects is given in Chapter 4 & 5 and Appendix 7.

Lowest Concentration of Interest in the indoor air [LCI Wood].

Background of LCI Wood values is given in Chapter 4 & 5 and Appendix 7.

Other abbreviations used:

[Un] Unknown

[nv] No value.

(#) n-Propylbenzene - 1,3,5 Trimethylbenzene.

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