Survey of Chemical Substances in Consumer Products, No. 82 2007 – Survey and health assessment of selected respiratory sensitizers in consumer products

Survey and health assessment of selected respiratory sensitizers in consumer products

Foreword

This project was carried out with DTC Health and Environment, a business unit of

DHI Water and Environment, as project leader, and NERI (National Environmental Research Institute) as partner.

DTC carried out the initial search for relevant products containing respiratory sensitizers.

Project assistant Hanne Sørensen, DTC, made the tracking and purchases of most of the products analyzed.

Toxicologist Inge Søborg reviewed the first phase report, and Chief toxicologist Karl-Heinz Cohr carried out the quality control of the final report.

Secretary Vibeke Salmon carried out the text editing and translation.

At the NERI, Senior Scientist Betty Bügel Mogensen, planned, executed and reported the chemical emission analysis with the aid of laboratory technicians Inga Jensen and Kitty Petersen. Quality control on the performed analyses was carried out by Betty Bügel Mogensen.

The project was carried out for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) on contract no. 7041-0513 under the programme for surveys on chemical substances in consumer products.

The primary contact person in DEPA for this project was Annette Ejersted, who was initially seconded by Lea Frimann Hansen, and later Frank Jensen.

The project was initiated in March 2006 with final delivery in November 2006.