TY - GEN
T1 - Characterizing farm polyethylene plastic film high tunnels indoor air environmental quality measures
AU - Blott, Mehra Bahremand
AU - Shendell, Derek G.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge initial contributions of 1st author’s doctoral dissertation proposal review committee (Drs. Qingyu Meng, Mark Robson, A.J. Both). This study was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with lab analyses (EMSL, Cinnaminson, NJ) funded by Rutgers SPH. Computing and field sampling resources are part of NJ Safe Schools Program.
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This pilot case study characterized modern-day polyethylene film high tunnels and critically examined potential indoor farm worker exposures. We conducted indoor and outdoor sampling and analysis for carbon dioxide, and other environmental parameters including temperature and relative humidity, inside a high tunnel with a new single-layer Sunmaster® polyethylene plastic film on a rural organic farm in Maryland for a total of 12 weeks from early June 2017 to mid-July 2017 (summer season) and September 2017 to November 2017 (fall season). Concurrently, sampling of formaldehyde was performed June-July 2017 (data presented separately). Carbon dioxide levels indoors were measured above outdoor ambient levels with some samples near or exceeding indoor air quality guidelines, possibly due to poor ventilation and emissions from the polyethylene film. Sunny conditions led to higher indoor temperatures. Fall season indoor mean relative humidity was higher than outdoor relative humidity.
AB - This pilot case study characterized modern-day polyethylene film high tunnels and critically examined potential indoor farm worker exposures. We conducted indoor and outdoor sampling and analysis for carbon dioxide, and other environmental parameters including temperature and relative humidity, inside a high tunnel with a new single-layer Sunmaster® polyethylene plastic film on a rural organic farm in Maryland for a total of 12 weeks from early June 2017 to mid-July 2017 (summer season) and September 2017 to November 2017 (fall season). Concurrently, sampling of formaldehyde was performed June-July 2017 (data presented separately). Carbon dioxide levels indoors were measured above outdoor ambient levels with some samples near or exceeding indoor air quality guidelines, possibly due to poor ventilation and emissions from the polyethylene film. Sunny conditions led to higher indoor temperatures. Fall season indoor mean relative humidity was higher than outdoor relative humidity.
KW - Agricultural occupational health
KW - Carbon dioxide
KW - Relative humidity
KW - Temperature
KW - Urban farmer
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T3 - 15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018
BT - 15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018
PB - International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
T2 - 15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018
Y2 - 22 July 2018 through 27 July 2018
ER -