Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and formaldehyde are ubiquitous in indoor environment. 16 Inhalation of VOCs can cause irritations, difficulty breathing, and nausea, and damage the central 17 nervous system as well as other organs. Formaldehyde is even a carcinogen. Removal of VOCs and 18 formaldehyde is thus critical to control indoor air quality (IAQ). Photocatalytic oxidation has been 19 d...

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are among the most toxic chemicals which are detrimental to humans and environment. There is a significant need of fully satisfactory method for removal of VOCs. There are several methods including physical, chemical and biological treatments available to remove VOCs by either recovery or destruction. The aim of the present study is to summarize the available m...

Plants emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that play important roles in their interaction with the environment and have a major impact on atmospheric chemistry. The development of static and dynamic techniques for headspace collection of volatiles in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis has significantly improved our understanding of the biosynthesis and ecology of ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous in indoor environments. Inhalation of VOCs can cause irritation, difficulty breathing, and nausea, and damage the central nervous system as well as other organs. Formaldehyde is a particularly important VOC as it is even a carcinogen. Removal of VOCs is thus critical to control indoor air quality (IAQ). Photocatalytic oxidation has demonstrated f...

Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have important roles in plant adaptation to the environment and serve as infochemicals in multitrophic interactions. Global climate change factors, such as increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, ozone and temperature, could alter how insects perceive such compounds. Here we review recent research on the influence of climate change parameters on the ecologi...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Electronic noses can identify diseases, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by the fingerprint of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled air. However, whether these VOCs originated from the malignant lesion itself remains unclear. The objective was to test for the presence and properties of VOCs directly over the vocal folds in malignant and benign ...

Livestock is an important source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can cause odor nuisance and pollution. The main sources these VOCs in livestock are effluents their management system. In this study, the applicability headspace-solid phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) for VOC characterization effluent samples both laboratory field te...

Abstract. Over the last 2 decades, importance of emissions source types atmospheric pollutants in urban areas has undergone significant change. In particular, there been a considerable reduction associated with road vehicles. Understanding role played by different sectors is important if effective air pollution control to be achieved. Current measurements are made at fixed monitoring sites, mos...

Ivana Sutic, Aleksandar Bulog, Ingrid Sutic, Valentino Pavisic, Ines Mrakovcic-Sutic Department of Family Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia e-mail: ines.mrakovcic....

Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations have the potential to increase air and water pollution in communities located near UOG operations. Every stage of UOG operation from well construction to extraction, operations, transportation, and distribution can lead to air and water contamination. Hundreds of chemicals are associated with the process of unconventional oil and natural gas productio...