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 Table of Combustion Products & Indoor Air Quality Hazards
- INDOOR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS & IAQ - Combustion products & hazards from home heating oil, LP gas, natural gas, woodstoves, etc.
- Carbon monoxide - sources, health effects, typical indoor levels, steps to reduce exposure
- Nitrogen dioxide -
- sources, health effects, typical indoor levels, steps to reduce exposure
- Sulfur dioxide (sulphur dioxide) -
- sources, health effects, typical indoor levels, steps to reduce exposure
- Respirable particles -
- sources, health effects, typical indoor levels, steps to reduce exposure
- Second-hand tobacco smoke - sources, health effects, typical indoor levels, steps to reduce exposure
- AIR POLLUTANTS, COMMON INDOOR - separate article
- FURNACES & IAQ - separate article
- INDOOR AIR HAZARDS TABLE - separate article
- Questions & Answers about all types of ombustion products and fuel gas hazards found in buildings
- References
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Table of combustion products & related indoor air hazards: here we provide a table listing common indoor air quality contaminants caused by combustion (heaters, fireplaces, smoking, etc), their sources, effects, typical levels, and steps to reduce exposure.
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Table of Combustion Products Found Indoors
This article series includes excerpts from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss, courtesy of Wiley & Sons.
Also see our discussion of hazardous combustion products in buildings at COMBUSTION APPLIANCE CONTAMINANTS.
The following table lists common indoor air hazards and contaminants generated by combustion such as heating equipment, fireplaces, woodstoves, kerosene heaters, smoking. The table provides, for each contaminant, the name, description, primary household sources, health effects, typical exposure levels, and steps to reduce exposure.
-- Adapted with permission from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction.
See COMBUSTION AIR for additional details about the requirement for combustion air. COMBUSTION AIR for TIGHT buildings explains how to provide outside combustion air for tight buildings. See COMBUSTION GASES & PARTICLE HAZARDS for an explanation of the dangers of inadequate combustion air. See COMBUSTION PRODUCTS & IAQ for the relationship between fuel burning appliances and building indoor air quality. More about carbon monoxide - CO - is at CARBON MONOXIDE - CO and at CARBON MONOXIDE WARNING.
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Technical Reviewers & References
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- Steve Bliss's Building Advisor at buildingadvisor.com helps homeowners & contractors plan & complete successful building & remodeling projects: buying land, site work, building design, cost estimating, materials & components, & project management through complete construction. Email: info@buildingadvisor.com
Steven Bliss served as editorial director and co-publisher of The Journal of Light Construction for 16 years and previously as building technology editor for Progressive Builder and Solar Age magazines. He worked in the building trades as a carpenter and design/build contractor for more than ten years and holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Excerpts from his recent book, Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, Wiley (November 18, 2005) ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, appear throughout this website, with permission and courtesy of Wiley & Sons. Best Practices Guide is available from the publisher, J. Wiley & Sons, and also at Amazon.com
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