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... COMPOSITION OF URBAN MATERIALS AND THEIR COMBUSTION PRODUCTS Session Chairs: Marilyn Black and Anna Stec 10:10 The Fuel of Our Homes - from Building Materials to Content Birgitte Messerschmidt, National Fire Protection Association 10:35 Combustion Product Yields: Basic Principles and Examples from Large Fire Tests Per Blomqvist, Research Institutes of Sweden 11:00 Behavior of Flame Retardants and Other Chemicals of Concern in Fires and Their Degradation Processes Richard Hull, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom 11:25 Flame Retardants in Building Materials and Consumer Products: Concerns for Exposure Heather Stapleton, Duke University 11:50 Break II. EMISSION SOURCES AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURES Session Chairs: Jeff Burgess and Fernando Rosario-Ortiz 12:30 Exploring the Complexity of Gas and Particle Phase Organic Chemistry and Indoor Infiltration Rates When Wildfire Smoke Arrives in Highly Populated Regions of California Allen Goldstein, University of California Berkeley 12:55 Residential Indoor Exposure Downwind of Fires Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder 1:20 Soil and Combustion Debris as Specific Emission Source Vectors for Water Bruce Macler, US Environmental Protection Agency (retired)
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... Eric Guillaume, Efectis 3:10 How Does Regional Chemistry in Urban Wildfire Plumes Differ from Wildland Fires? Halogens and Plastics Steven Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association 3:35 How Does Regional Chemistry in Urban Wildfire Plumes Differ from Wildland Fires?
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