Indoor volatile and semi-volatile organic toxic compounds: Need for global action

Indoor air pollution results in mortalities worldwide, burdening especially the low- and middle-income countries. The volatile semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs SVOCs) emitted from indoor structures furniture materials are important sources of pollution. Exposure to VOCs, such as formaldehyde benzene, has been associated with higher risk reproductive problems, respiratory complications, immune suppression, cancers, dementia. SVOCs typically found carpets, textiles, furniture, electronics cosmetics. These chemicals also neurotoxic, inducing a number adverse health effects, behavioral changes, learning disability, impairment locomotor activity. If not mitigated, will continue impose socioeconomic burden on both individuals societies. Solutions curb their environmental occurrences include those that reduce/eliminate material VOCs/SVOCs increase removal, including phytoremediation metal-organic frameworks reduce concentrations. As such, there is an urgent need tackle this problem by better regulating concentrations these developing upscaling solutions mitigate using advanced, accessible, environmentally sustainable materials, technologies.