Measurements of up to 101 VOCs were made in 8 newly renovated homes in Shanghai, China.
The dominant VOC groups by mass concentration were oxygenated VOCs, aromatics, alkanes and halogenated VOCs.
The median individual concentrations of 17 health-related VOCs ranged from 0.35 μg/m3 to 30.64 μg/m3.
The concentrations of 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, methylene chloride, and ethylbenzene presented a mean cancer risk above the acceptable risk level of 1 × 10− 6.