Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials

<p>Part I: Indoor Air Contaminants from Building Materials<br>1. Toxicity of formaldehyde, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and phthalates in engineered wood<br>2. Chemical emissions reduced in houses with eco-labelled building materials<br>3. A method for early detection and identification of fungal contamination of building materials<br>4. Natural materials associated microbiome toxicity</p> <p>Part II: Fire Toxicity of Building Materials<br>5. Fire behaviour of modern façade materials<br>6. Fire safety challenges of external foam plastic insulated buildings<br>7. Toxic gas emissions from plywood fires<br>8. Impact of apartment tightness on the concentrations of toxic gases emitted during a fire<br>9. Investigation on the fire hazard of hybrid polymer materials based on the test of smoke toxicity<br>10. Estimating toxic harmfulness of combustion products on building materials</p> <p>Part III: Radioactive Building Materials<br>1. Evaluation of radioactivity from commercial construction materials and its radon exhalation implications on residents<br>12. Radioactivity of phosphogypsum based bricks<br>13. Coal bottom ash natural radioactivity in building materials<br>14. Radioactivity of Malaysia’s building materials containing NORM and potential radiological risks<br>15. Radioactivity of ceramic tiles used in some Saudi Arabian buildings<br>16. Radioactivity of construction and demolition waste</p> <p>Part IV: Toxicity of Plastics, Metals, Asbestos, Nanoparticles and of Construction Wastes Reuse<br>17. Toxicity of plastic materials<br>18. Toxicity of metal-based materials<br>19. Toxicity of asbestos in buildings<br>20. Potential risks posed by the use of nano-enabled construction products<br>21. Nanoparticles from construction wastes<br>22. Toxicity of concrete containing hazardous wastes<br>23. Immobilization of toxic was in geopolymers<br>24. Risk management of hazardous substances in a circular economy  </p>