During the 13th international conference on Instrumental Methods Analysis which took place on September, 17-20 2023 in Chania (Crete/Greece), Audrey Grandjean presented a conference on different analytical systems for formaldehyde measurement.
Since humans spend most of their routine time indoors, accurate and continuous monitoring of indoor air pollutants is crucial to understand and prevent airborne diseases. In indoor air, aldehydes mainly originate from construction materials such as plywood, insulating materials, paints, etc. Formaldehyde, the most abundant one, is classified as carcinogenic category 1B under European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.