Society warns of air pollution at kindergartens
Widely used arts and crafts tools at kindergartens could cause pollution with airborne volatile organic compounds that exceeds safety standards up to 100-fold, the Taiwan Society for Indoor Environment Air Quality said in a study publicized on Friday. Fu Jen Catholic University public health department deputy dean Lin Yu-wen (林瑜雯), who headed the study, said that markers and wood glue are a source of volatile organic compounds. Children’s metabolic systems are not fully developed, which makes them particularly susceptible to the potentially carcinogenic compounds, she said. The researc...