Sick Building Syndrome mixtures

Formaldehyde is a major contributor to many cases of sick building syndrome. It is a very toxic chemical that is corrosive to the skin, eyes, and the respiratory system. Acute or chronic exposure can result in difficulty breathing and even brief exposures can induce asthmatic reactions in sensitized individuals. 13 Exposures to mixtures of formaldehyde and lipophilic chemicals can result in unanticipated toxic effects. 14 Formaldehyde is an animal carcinogen, a suspected human nasal cancer carcinogen 29 and suspected human leukemogen. 3°1... 

In an effort to study sick building syndrome, 14 volunteers were exposed to a synthetic mixture of chemicals typically found in sick buildings. The chemicals contained in the mixture included... 

A tackifier is a component to provide initial tackiness to adhesives. The compatibility of the tackifier to the main components is very important to increase the tackiness without degradation of the adhesive mixture. For that purpose, natural resins such as rosin and dammar, modified rosins such as coumarone-indene resin, polymerized rosin, hydrogenated rosin and rosin ester, and polyterpene resin are used. Recently, alkylphenol resins, terpene phenol resins, and xylene resins are out of use because of their hazardous nature inducing sick building syndrome. 

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