Formaldehyde in Urban Air

Abstract

The properties of formaldehyde in the environment, approaches to the valuation of its content in the air, measuring techniques, and the main sources of its releases to the environment are discussed. An overview of the measured concentrations of formaldehyde in the air in the cities of Belarus and other CIS countries, Europe and the USA. It is shown that the average concentration of formaldehyde in ambient air of cities of the CIS as a whole are close to the average annual levels of content in the cities of Europe and somewhat lower than in the U.S.