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Increased disinfection byproducts in the air resulting from intensified disinfection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Intensified use of disinfectants to control COVID-19 could unintentionally increase the disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in the environment. In indoor spaces, it is critical to determine the optimal disinfection practice to prevent the spread of the virus while keeping DBPs at relatively low levels in...

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Autores principales: Lou, Jinxiu, Wang, Wei, Lu, Huijie, Wang, Lin, Zhu, Lizhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34119971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126249
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Wang, Wei
Lu, Huijie
Wang, Lin
Zhu, Lizhong
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description Intensified use of disinfectants to control COVID-19 could unintentionally increase the disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in the environment. In indoor spaces, it is critical to determine the optimal disinfection practice to prevent the spread of the virus while keeping DBPs at relatively low levels in the air. The formation of DBPs exceed 0.1 μg/mg while hypochlorite dosed at >10 mg/m(3). The total DBP concentrations in highly disinfected places (100–200 mg/m(3) hypochlorite) were as high as 66.8 μg/m(3), and the Hazard Index (HI) was up to 0.84, and both values were much higher than those in less disinfected places (<10 mg/m(3) hypochlorite). Taking into account the HI, formation yields and the origin of the DBPs, we recommended 10 mg/m(3) as the suggested hypochlorite dose to minimize DBPs generation during routine disinfection for controlling the coronavirus. DBPs in indoor air could be eliminated by ventilation, reducing the usage of personal care products, and wiping the solid surface with water before or after disinfection. These results highlighted the necessity to control air-borne DBPs and their associated health risks arising from intensified disinfection, and will guide the further development of evidence-based regulation on DBP exposure during disinfection and improve public health protection.
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spelling pubmed-81583492021-05-28 Increased disinfection byproducts in the air resulting from intensified disinfection during the COVID-19 pandemic Lou, Jinxiu Wang, Wei Lu, Huijie Wang, Lin Zhu, Lizhong J Hazard Mater Research Paper Intensified use of disinfectants to control COVID-19 could unintentionally increase the disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in the environment. In indoor spaces, it is critical to determine the optimal disinfection practice to prevent the spread of the virus while keeping DBPs at relatively low levels in the air. The formation of DBPs exceed 0.1 μg/mg while hypochlorite dosed at >10 mg/m(3). The total DBP concentrations in highly disinfected places (100–200 mg/m(3) hypochlorite) were as high as 66.8 μg/m(3), and the Hazard Index (HI) was up to 0.84, and both values were much higher than those in less disinfected places (<10 mg/m(3) hypochlorite). Taking into account the HI, formation yields and the origin of the DBPs, we recommended 10 mg/m(3) as the suggested hypochlorite dose to minimize DBPs generation during routine disinfection for controlling the coronavirus. DBPs in indoor air could be eliminated by ventilation, reducing the usage of personal care products, and wiping the solid surface with water before or after disinfection. These results highlighted the necessity to control air-borne DBPs and their associated health risks arising from intensified disinfection, and will guide the further development of evidence-based regulation on DBP exposure during disinfection and improve public health protection. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021-09-15 2021-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8158349/ /pubmed/34119971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126249 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126249
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