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Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)

Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials By F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)

Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials by F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)

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Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials by F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)

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 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.

About F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)

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. 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 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.

Table of Contents

Part I: Indoor Air Contaminants from Building Materials 1. Toxicity of formaldehyde, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and phthalates in engineered wood 2. Chemical emissions reduced in houses with eco-labelled building materials 3. A method for early detection and identification of fungal contamination of building materials 4. Natural materials associated microbiome toxicity Part II: Fire Toxicity of Building Materials 5. Fire behaviour of modern facade materials 6. Fire safety challenges of external foam plastic insulated buildings 7. Toxic gas emissions from plywood fires 8. Impact of apartment tightness on the concentrations of toxic gases emitted during a fire 9. Investigation on the fire hazard of hybrid polymer materials based on the test of smoke toxicity 10. Estimating toxic harmfulness of combustion products on building materials Part III: Radioactive Building Materials 1. Evaluation of radioactivity from commercial construction materials and its radon exhalation implications on residents 12. Radioactivity of phosphogypsum based bricks 13. Coal bottom ash natural radioactivity in building materials 14. Radioactivity of Malaysia's building materials containing NORM and potential radiological risks 15. Radioactivity of ceramic tiles used in some Saudi Arabian buildings 16. Radioactivity of construction and demolition waste Part IV: Toxicity of Plastics, Metals, Asbestos, Nanoparticles and of Construction Wastes Reuse 17. Toxicity of plastic materials 18. Toxicity of metal-based materials 19. Toxicity of asbestos in buildings 20. Potential risks posed by the use of nano-enabled construction products 21. Nanoparticles from construction wastes 22. Toxicity of concrete containing hazardous wastes 23. Immobilization of toxic was in geopolymers 24. Risk management of hazardous substances in a circular economy

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NLS9780128245330
9780128245330
0128245336
Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials by F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)
F Pacheco Torgal (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal)
Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
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Paperback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2022-03-08
346
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