Stack Testing for VOCs
VOCs, or Volatile Organic Compounds, are organic chemicals that easily vaporise at room temperature. They are called organic because they contain the element carbon in their molecular structures.
VOCs often have no colour, smell, or taste. VOCs include a wide range of individual substances, such as hydrocarbons (for example benzene and toluene), halocarbons and oxygenates.
We are accredited to test VOCs in stack emissions.
VOCs are found in everything from paints and coatings to underarm deodorant and cleaning fluids. They have been found to be a major contributing factor to ozone, a common air pollutant, which has been proven to be a public health hazard. There are thousands of different VOCs produced and used in our daily lives.
Some VOCs are quite harmful, including benzene. Benzene may increase susceptibility to leukemia if exposure is maintained over a period of time.