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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Short-listing Vapor Intrusion Constituents: Not Always A Good Idea

Many Vapor Intrusion guidance documents encourage analyzing a short list of comhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifpounds in indoor air -- for example, instructing the lab to report only the compounds detected in subsurface samples during previous related investigations. But be careful! As vapor intrusion assessment moves toward indoor air sampling, analyzing only for a short list of compounds could come back to bite you.
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2 comments:

Flogistix said...

I agree with the post. . can natural gas affect the behavior in the environment. because that was part of my study...thanks
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Kathy Sarver said...

From a vapor intrusion standpoint, even minor leaks associated with residential and commercial natural gas service lines can affect the quality of indoor air. Vapor intrusion studies do not include methane as a constituent so you might not know if you have a minor leak. However, many of the heavier alcanes will show up on standard vapor intrusion lists and be detectable beneath the slab and in the indoor air.