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Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials
- 1st Edition - March 5, 2022
- Editors: F. Pacheco-Torgal, Joseph O. Falkinham, Jerzy Galaj
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 5 3 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 2 9 1 - 3
Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials presents the potential and toxic effects of building materials on human health, along with tactics on how to minimi… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials presents the potential and toxic effects of building materials on human health, along with tactics on how to minimize exposure. Chapters are divided into four sections covering the toxicity of indoor environments, fire toxicity, radioactive materials, and toxicity from plastics, metals, asbestos, nanoparticles and construction wastes. Key chapters focus on the reduction of chemical emissions in houses with eco-labelled building materials and potential risks posed by indoor pollutants that may include volatile organic compounds (VOC), formaldehyde, semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), radon, NOx, asbestos and nanoparticles.
Known illnesses and reactions that can be triggered by these toxic building materials include asthma, itchiness, burning eyes, skin irritations or rashes, nose and throat irritation, nausea, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, reproductive impairment, disruption of the endocrine system, impaired child development and birth defects, immune system suppression, and even cancer.
- Provides an essential guide to the potential toxic effects of building materials on human health
- Comprehensively examines materials responsible for formaldehyde and volatile organic compound emissions, as well as semi-volatile organic compounds
- Presents coverage on fire toxicity and an evaluation of the radioactivity of building materials
- Includes several cases studies throughout and addresses current international standards
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, civil engineers, architects, fire safety engineers, postgraduate students, contractors and other professionals working and interested in the field of the toxicity of building materials
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- 1. Introduction to advances in the toxicity of construction and building materials
- Abstract
- 1.1 COVID-19, the toxicity of construction and building materials and the need for healthy built environments
- 1.2 Outline of the book
- References
- Part I: Indoor Air Contaminants
- 2. Assessment of hazardous compounds in building materials accumulated by the action of the atmospheric pollution
- Abstract
- 2.1 Atmospheric pollution and building materials: general knowledge
- 2.2 Urban-industrial buildings
- 2.3 Analysis of hazardous pollutant in building materials
- 2.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 3. Toxicity of semivolatile organic compounds
- Abstract
- 3.1 Semivolatile organic compounds in indoor environments
- 3.2 The emission of semivolatile organic compounds from building materials and consumer products
- 3.3 Exposure to semivolatile organic compounds emitted from building materials and consumer products
- 3.4 Health risk from exposure to semivolatile organic compounds
- 3.5 Conclusions and recommendations
- References
- 4. Volatile organic compound emissions in building materials
- Abstract
- 4.1 Volatile organic compound emission model of building materials
- 4.2 VOC emission characteristic parameters of building materials
- 4.3 The control methods of building materials VOC emissions
- 4.4 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Part II: Fire Toxicity of Building Materials
- 5. Toxicity of toxic gases emitted during a fire and ventilation
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Toxicity of products emitted during fire and hazard to humans
- 5.3 Impact of ventilation on the toxicity of the fire environment
- 5.4 Conclusions and final remarks
- References
- 6. Flame-retardant wood plastic composites
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Combustion process of wood plastic composites
- 6.3 Fire retardant chemicals in wood plastic composites
- 6.4 Conclusion
- References
- 7. Fire behavior of sandwich panels with different cores
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction: construction of sandwich panels
- 7.2 Thermal stability and flammability of sandwich panels
- 7.3 Flame retardants
- 7.4 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 8. Natural radioactivity in cement
- Abstract
- 8.1 Natural radioactivity and sources
- 8.2 Cement
- 8.3 Natural radioactivity of cement and cement raw materials
- 8.4 Results and discussion
- 8.5 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- 9. Coal bottom ash natural radioactivity in building materials
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Coal as source of ashes
- 9.3 Coal bottom ash as constituent of construction materials
- 9.4 Coal bottom ash as sand replacement in concrete
- 9.5 Coal bottom ash as pozzolanic addition in Portland cement
- 9.6 Radioactivity in building materials made with coal bottom ash
- 9.7 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- 10. Recycling of radioactive phosphogypsum wastes
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction: environmental problems of phosphogypsum accumulation
- 10.2 Composition of phosphogypsum of different genesis and its physical and chemical characteristics
- 10.3 Current trends in phosphogypsum waste management processes
- 10.4 Visualization of clusters of directions in phosphogypsum waste management
- References
- Part III: Toxicity of Metals, Asbestos and of Waste Reuse
- 11. Lead-based construction and building materials: human exposure, risk, and risk control
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Lead exposure
- 11.3 Lead toxicity
- 11.4 Methodology for risk assessment of lead exposure
- 11.5 Results and discussions
- 11.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 12. Demolition waste contaminated with asbestos
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Predemolition audit
- 12.3 Asbestos material present in the building materials
- 12.4 Risk of asbestos dust during reconstruction and demolition
- 12.5 Case study
- 12.6 Conclusion
- References
- 13. Recycling and reuse of bottom ashes from municipal solid-waste incineration plants in building materials
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Characteristics of ashes from the combustion of municipal solid wastes
- 13.3 Waste to energy and recovery of valuable metals from municipal solid-waste incineration bottom ashes
- 13.4 Toxicity of municipal solid-waste incineration bottom ashes
- 13.5 Recycling and reuse of municipal solid-waste incineration bottom ashes in building materials
- 13.6 Future trends on the use of municipal solid-waste incineration bottom ashes in Europe
- 13.7 Final remarks
- References
- 14. Leaching of concrete with mine tailings
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Overview of mine tailings characteristics
- 14.3 Overview of leaching mechanisms and leaching test methods
- 14.4 Toxic metal immobilization mechanisms in cement and alkali-activated matrices
- 14.5 Factors influencing the leaching of toxic metals from cement composites
- 14.6 Long-term durability related concerns for mine tailings-blended composites
- 14.7 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 346
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 5, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128245330
- eBook ISBN: 9780323852913
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F. Pacheco-Torgal
Dr. F. Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He holds the title of Counsellor at the Portuguese Engineers Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for nine international journals. Over the last 10 years he has participated in the research decision for more than 460 papers and has also acted as a Foreign Expert on the evaluation of 22 PhD thesis. Over the last 10 years he has also been a Member of the Scientific Committees for more than 60 conferences, most of them held in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects.
Affiliations and expertise
C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, PortugalJF
Joseph O. Falkinham
Dr Falkinham is a professor of microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research interests include the epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium, metal oxidation and reduction in biofilms and predatory bacteria ecology
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USAJG
Jerzy Galaj
Dr. Jerzy GALAJ is a head of Hydromechanics and Fire Water Supply Institute of Fire Technique Department at the Main School of Fire Service, Slowackiego Str. 52/54 Warsaw Poland.
Affiliations and expertise
Main school of Fire Service, Warsaw, PolandRead Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials on ScienceDirect