Air quality specialists have launched a new guide explaining the impact of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a common pollutant in many commercial, residential, and healthcare settings, on human health, the environment, and indoor air quality.
“A vast number of chemical compounds are VOCs but are not considered a significant threat to human health. However, of the 189 chemicals originally recognized by the EPA as air pollutants, 97 (that's a little over half) are VOCs,” explains Mark Davidson, Manager of Marketing and Technical Materials at Camfil. Camfil is a global producer of air filtration solutions for hospitals, factories, homes, schools, offices, and more.
Volatile organic compounds are a type of carbon-based molecule that evaporates rapidly at room temperature. Because VOCs are emitted by common everyday processes such as using cleaning fluids and printers, their impact in environments such as schools, offices, and healthcare facilities cannot be understated.
Health and Environmental Effects of VOCs
Camfil’s team of air quality experts explain the science behind VOCs and how they affect human health, exploring impact on long- and short-term physical health, in addition to cognitive function and productivity. The article goes on to explain the environmental impact of VOCs in 2024 and why it matters.
How to Reduce VOC Levels Indoors: Industry-Tested Tips from Air Filtration Specialists
The new comprehensive guide covers a broad range of strategies for reducing indoor VOC levels, from identifying and reducing VOC emissions at their source within your building to choosing the right kind of air filter to eliminate VOCs from indoor air and whether or not “natural” methods of combating VOCs (such as using indoor plants) are actually effective.
Read the full guide here to learn more about volatile organic compounds.
About Camfil Clean Air Solutions
For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, and benefit human health and the environment. We firmly believe that the best solutions for our customers are the best solutions for our planet, too. That’s why every step of the way – from design to delivery and across the product life cycle – we consider the impact of what we do on people and on the world around us. Through a fresh approach to problem-solving, innovative design, precise process control, and a strong customer focus we aim to conserve more, use less and find better ways – so we can all breathe easier.
The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 30 manufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 35+ countries, and about 5,600 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in a wide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discover how Camfil USA can help you to protect people, processes and the environment, visit us at www.camfil.us/
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