Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects
of Consumer Products in the EU
Duration: 1st June 2010 – 31st May 2013
Associated partners
Air Quality Measurements,
Environmental Risk and Health, VITO
Eddy Goelen, Marianne Stranger,
Jeroen Van Deun
Department of Engineering and Management of Energy
Resources, University of West Macedonia
John Bartzis
Methods, Research and External Relations, ANSES
Salma Elreedy, Sandrine Philippe
Chemical-Technical Analysis and Chemical Food
Technology, Technische Universität München, TUM
Albrecht Friess
Indoor Environment Group, National Research Centre for
the Working Environment, NRCWE
Peder Wolkoff
Unit of Advanced Studies on Energy in the Built
Environment, Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, IDMEC
Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes,
Gabriela Ventura Silva
Dipartimento di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli
Studi di Milano, UMIL
Paolo Carrer
IPSOS Belgium
Rosario Spadaro, Sylvia Vandenbroucke
Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
Collaborating partners
Josefa Barrero-Moreno
DG JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
Christine Daeumling
UBA
Alain D’Haese
FEA - European Aerosol Federation
Mike Freemantle
SC Johnson
Loredana Ghinea
CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council
Stylianos Kephalopoulos
DG JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
Dimitrios Kotzias
DG JRC
Paul Lloyd
SC Johnson/A.I.S.E.
Robert Martens
Federal Public Service Health, Food Savety and Environment
Reinhard Oppl
Eurofins
Gerard J. Stijntjes
Procter& Gamble Eurocor/A.I.S.E.
Jacques Warnon
CEPE
Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
EPHECT focus
WHAT?
consumer products
known to be potential sources of hazardous and other health relevant air
pollutants in dwellings; exposure related to use scenario
AIM?
to identify and quantify
a set of key indoor air polluants and emerging pollutans emitted by
consumer product classes, whilst simulating European use conditions
WHICH POLLUTANTS?
gaseous and particulate emissions, sec. reactions and degradations of coated surf.
(1) compounds prioritised by relev. inter. concerted actions or organisations
(2) compounds reported as pot. hazardous and occurring in the product
BUMAC
Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
EPHECT strategy (1)
Database of the state-of-the-art on consumer product emissions
product compositions, emission test protocols, emissions, sec.reactions,
exposure, health end points
Selection of 15 product classes, which
(1) are used in households
(2) cause an exposure related to the use
(3) emit key or emerging pollutants
(4) have a considerable indicative household use frequency
(5) mainly cause inhalation exposure
(6) cause a health end point
Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
EPHECT strategy (2)
Market study on the 15 product classes
on use, use pattern, habits and attitudes of EU consumers
Laboratory testing
to quantify product emissions, focusing on research gaps
Exposure and health risk assessment models
applying data on use and use patterns + quantified product emissions
Completion of BUMAC
Risk management guidance
policy options, risk reduction strategies
Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
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Emissions, Exposure Patterns and Health Effects of Consumer Products in the EU
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