New health assessments for emissions from building products (derivation of EU LCI values)

For some years now, the European Commission has been working on having emissions from building products assessed in a standardised manner in order to be able to provide uniform and sustainable criteria for consumer protection throughout Europe. As reported, FoBiG has repeatedly been involved in the derivation of these values (‘Lowest concentration of interest’, or ‘EU-LCI values’ for short). A new report has now been published in which five substances have been assessed: 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT), benzyl alcohol, dipropylene glycol monomethylether (DPGME), n-butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. FoBiG contributions relate to benzyl alcohol and DPGME. The result is published here.
Further background information on EU LCI values can also be found at UBA.