Survey and Health Assessment of Products for Interior Car Care

Preface

The project ”Survey and Health Assessment of Products for Interior Car Care” was carried out from April 2007 till November 2007.

This report describes the project results, comprising a survey of products as well as chemical analyses and a health assessment on a number of selected products.

Initially, it was examined which products exist on the Danish market within the category products for interior car care.

A screening phase followed and in a number of products quantitative analyses of a number of selected, problematic substances were carried out.

Finally, a health assessment was performed on a number of problematic substances.

The project was carried out by Danish Technological Institute with Master of arch. (cand.arc.) Kathe Tønning as project manager and head of laboratory Eva Jacobsen, laboratory technician Eva Pedersen and head of section Paul Lyck Hansen as project co-workers. The health related evaluation was carried out by BEng. (cand. polyt.) Pia Brunn Poulsen from FORCE Technology.

The project was followed by a reference group consisting of:

Sidsel Dyekjær The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
(Chairman of the reference group)
Frank Jensen The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Shima Dobel The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Dorrit Skals The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Kathe Tønning Danish Technological Institute

The project was financed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.

 



Version 1.0 December 2010, © Danish Environmental Protection Agency