New Formaldehyde Test Results Released
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 03:58 AM
Prince George, B.C.- Results of another round of testing for formaldehyde in Prince George’s air, have failed to show the kind of levels reported two years ago.
The latest testing was conducted August 6, 17, 18 and 19th all four days had poor air quality conditions associated with forest fires/smoke.
Samples were collected at each location and labelled as A and B. The Millar Addition Citizen’s Coalition (MACC) along with the People’s Action Committee for Healthy Air (PACHA) did not sample at these locations on August 6, 17, 18 and 19 and therefore comparison results are not available.
The MOE formaldehyde sample results for these dates ranged from 1.04 - 3.30 µg/m3 and are well under the BC Action Level (one-hour) of 60 µg/m3.
FORMALDEHYDE RESULTS: August 6, 17, 18 and 19, 2010
|
Date
|
Location
|
BC Action Level
(1-hr)
|
BC Episode Level
(1-hr)
|
Sampler
|
*Sample Results
(MOE: 1 hr avg)
|
|
Aug.6
|
Gladstone School field
|
60 µg/m3
|
370 µg/m3
|
MOE
|
A: 1.04 µg/m3
B: 1.21 µg/m3
|
|
Aug 17
|
Plaza 400 - roof
|
60 µg/m3
|
370 µg/m3
|
MOE
|
A: 1.68 µg/m3
B: 1.79 µg/m3
|
|
Aug18
|
Plaza 400 - roof
|
60 µg/m3
|
370 µg/m3
|
MOE
|
A: 2.87 µg/m3
B: 3.30 µg/m3
|
|
Aug19
|
Plaza 400 - roof
|
60 µg/m3
|
370 µg/m3
|
MOE
|
B: 2.15 µg/m3
|
*All data are subject to further QA/QC as required
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Posted by: Dearth on September 23 2010 6:20 AM