Are the testing and data analysis procedures open and transparent?
The product testing practice was developed by the California Department of Health Services indoor air quality research staff with input from other environmental scientists. It is publicly available and follows the guidance of ASTM D5116 for small-scale chamber testing of products. It also details the procedures required to test product samples for their emissions of individual VOCs in environmental chambers to calculate VOC emission factors. The practice then specifies scenarios for typical school classrooms and offices that are used to estimate concentrations of the measured VOCs in buildings.
