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TABLE 23-2
Summary of Reported Indoor Air Pollutant Concentrations

Measured concentration
Types of
1
Pollutant Minimum Maximum Mean building Reference *
Radon 0.8 pCi/1 Residences EPA (1987d)
0.5 pCi/1 2000 pCi/1 Residences EPA (1987b)
0.14 pCi/1 4.11 pCi/1 — New pub. bldgs. Sheldon et al. (1988)
0.3 pCi/1 1.68 pCi/1 — Old pub. bldgs. Sheldon et al. (1988)
— — 1.7-2.4 pCi/1 3 office bldgs Bayer & Black (1988a)
3 1
ETS (as RSP) — — 28 jtg/m * * Residences NRC (1986b)
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— 74 }ig/m m Residences NRC (1986b)
3 3
— — 32 Mg/m < > Residences DHHS (1986)
— -— 50 nglm m Residences DHHS (1986)
(as nicotine) — — 0.7-3.2 ppb 3 office bldgs Bayer & Black (1988a)
3
Biological contaminants — 564-5360 CFU/m * 3 office bldgs Bayer & Black (1988a)
Formaldehyde — 131-319 /ug/m 3 78-144 /ag/m 3 Residences Hawthorne et al. (1984)
Niy 192 ppb — New pub. bldgs. Sheldon et al. (1987)
ND 103 ppb — Old pub. bldgs. Sheldon et al (1987)
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25-39 ppb 3 office bldgs Bayer & Black (1988a)
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Benzene 120 /u-g/m 3 20 /ig/m 3 Various Wallace et al (1983)
Carbon tetrachloride _ 14 /ig/m 3 2.5 /xg/m 3 Various Wallace et al (1983)
Trichloroethylene — 47 jitg/m 3 3.6 Aig/m 3 Various Wallace et al (1983)