Indoor Air Quality has emerged as a risk to public health. The increase of chemicals and synthetic materials in our homes and work places coupled with today’s tighter, more insulated buildings have created more potential hazards. Through New Science, we are creating new testing methods, new insights and new equipment that help to minimize and mitigate the adverse effects of indoor air. We are developing technologies to address rapidly changing societal, environmental and health needs. UL is providing manufacturers, built environment professionals and consumers with research-based recommendations and information to help reformulate products, select safe materials and make informed decisions. http://www.ul.com/indoorairquality

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INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Indoor Air Quality has emerged as a
risk to public health. The increase of
chemicals and synthetic materials in our
homes and workplaces, coupled with
today’s tighter, more insulated
buildings, has created more potential
hazards and health consequences.

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INDOOR AIR QUALITY CHALLENGES

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1. “How Big a Problem is Poor Indoor Air Quality in Schools?” EPA, 12 Oct. 2010. Web: 20 Mar. 2013.
http://iaq.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23007/Article/16120/How-big-a-problem-is-poor-Indoor-Air-Quality-in-schools
HOW CAN SCHOOLS CREATE HEALTHIER
ENVIRONMENTS BY MINIMIZING TOXINS
AND EMISSIONS?

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2. “Indoor Air Quality & Sensitive Population Groups,” Air Quality Sciences, 2008. Web: 20 Mar. 2013.
http://www.greenguard.org/Libraries/GG_Documents/Reformat_IAQ_and_Sensitive_Populations_FINAL_2.sflb.ashx
HOW CAN WE REVERSE THE EFFECTS
OF INDOOR AIR?

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3. “WAO White Book on Allergy 2011-2012: Executive Summary,” World Allergy Organization. Web: 20 Mar. 2013.
http://www.worldallergy.org/publications/wao_white_book.pdf
HOW CAN WE BETTER MANAGE THE RISKS
RELATED TO THE EFFECT CHEMICALS HAVE
ON HUMAN HEALTH?

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UL’S NEW SCIENCE OF
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
UL’s Indoor Air Quality New Science
involves a variety of important
breakthroughs that can help improve
quality of life. We are creating new testing
methods, new insights and new
equipment that help minimize and
mitigate the adverse effects of indoor air.
We are developing technologies to
address rapidly changing societal,
environmental and health needs.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF PAINT
ON SCHOOL AIR
UL recently conducted two innovative classroom
studies to evaluate the impact that different types
of paints have on Indoor Air Quality in educational
environments.

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WHAT DOES AN
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHAMBER TO GO ENABLE
MANUFACTURERS TO DO?
Learn about how UL created our unique
Environmental Chamber To Go to test large-scale
industrial products for chemical emissions testing.

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READ WHAT OUR
RESEARCH ON PAINT &
VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS REVEALS
UL’s research has demonstrated the lack of
correlation between measuring VOC content and
emissions.

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DISCOVER WHAT INSIGHTS
UL’S AIR QUALITY
DATABASES PROVIDE
UL's searchable databases have been compiled for
more than 20 years and build on our ability to categorize
chemicals for environmental or health impact.

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SEE HOW OUR TESTS
FOR SEMI VOLATILE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ARE HELPING MAKE
HOMES SAFER
UL has developed a first-of-its-kind technique
involving collecting indoor air on specialized sorbent
tubes followed by gas chromatography mass
spectrometry analysis.

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