Chlordane in Air Force Family Housing: A Study of Houses Treated After Construction
Abstract
Airborne chlordane levels were measured in 474 family housing units on seven USAF installations during the winter of 1980-81. The ventilation ducts were in or below the slab in 469 houses and in the crawl spaces in 5 houses. All were treated with chlordane by subslab injection or exterior ditching at some time after construction. Four hundred eight houses (86%) had chlordane levels below 3.5 microgram/m cb, 56 houses (12%) had levels from 3.5-6.5 microgram/m cb, and 10 houses (2%) had levels above 6.5 microgram/m cb. There was no correlation between the concentration of airborne chlordane and inside or outside temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, or the difference between inside and outside temperature. Houses with exhaust ducts in or below the slab did not have significantly higher levels of airborne chlordane than houses with return air ducts in that location.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA111463
Entities
People
- Thomas H. Lillie