挥发性化学产品成为城市有机排放的主要石化产品
Brian C McDonald1,2, Joost A de Gouw3,2, Jessica B Gilman2
1Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. brian.mcdonald@noaa.gov.
概括
挥发性化学品 (VCP) 现在占城市挥发性有机化合物 (VOC) 排放的一半,将人类的暴露从运输转移到消费品. 这突显了对二次有机气溶的空气质量法规的重大差距.
科学领域:
- 大气化学和空气质量
- 环境科学
- 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 城市空气质量越来越受到挥发性有机化合物 (VOC) 排放的影响.
- 在美国和欧洲,与运输相关的VOC排放量有所下降.
- 关于当前城市VOC的主要来源存在知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 量化挥发性化学产品对城市VOC排放的贡献.
- 评估VCP排放对人类气溶暴露的影响.
- 确定有关VCP和二次有机气溶形成的监管缺口.
主要方法:
- 使用详细的质量平衡方法来估计VCP排放.
- 与城市空气质量测量 (室内和室外) 的排放清单数据进行比较.
- 分析了化石气溶的化学成分.
主要成果:
- 在工业化城市,挥发性化学产品占化石燃料的VOC排放量的50%.
- 城市空气排放与观察到的城市空气测量结果一致,表明有很大贡献.
- 人类对化石气溶的暴露正在从运输转向VCP来源.
结论:
- 使用VCP是城市VOC排放的主要来源,但经常被忽视.
- 目前美国的VCP法规没有充分解决二次有机气溶的形成问题.
- 需要更新政策和法规,以减轻VCP排放对健康和环境的影响.
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