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 researchers measured the air quality at three New Taipei City kindergartens before and after children used