Concentrations and seasonal variations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in in- and out-house dust and human daily intake via dust ingestion corrected with bioaccessibility of PBDEs

Particle-Size Dust Concentrations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Southern Taiwanese Houses and Assessment of the PBDE Daily Intakes in Toddlers and Adults

“…The predominant congener in both floor and electronic dust was BDE-209, accounting for 41.1 and 62.7%, respectively, of all the PBDEs by weight. This finding is consistent with the results of several previous studies (Huang et al, 2010;Chen et al, 2011;Yu et al, 2012;Johnson et al, 2013;Stasinska et al, 2013). A paired sample of the overall house dust (i.e., both floor and electronic dust) from one of the houses shows extremely higher levels of Σ 28 PBDEs and 28 PBDE congeners compared to the results for the other eight homes, particularly for BDE-209 (data not shown).…”

“…PBDEs are ubiquitous in the indoor environment due to their persistence and widespread use in consumer products, such as electronics (e.g., air conditioners, TV sets, and cellular phones), furniture, and electrical wiring and textiles. PBDEs have thus been recognized as significant persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the indoor environment, and various studies show that PBDE concentrations in indoor house dust are several fold higher than those in outdoor house dust (Huang et al, 2010;Yu et al, 2012). A Chinese study examined PBDEs in central air conditioner filters from a new office building, and found that human exposure to PBDEs through inhalation and ingestion of indoor dust in the new building was less than that in old ones (Ni et al, 2011).…”

Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in indoor and outdoor dusts around a mega fluorochemical industrial park in China: Implications for human exposure

“…1f). The same phenomenon has also been observed in other organic contaminants, like Fipronil (Mahler et al, 2009), PBDEs (Yu et al, 2012), or PCBs (Wang et al, 2013). Indoor dust particles have different properties from outdoor such as in particle size, or organic content, potentially making them more attractive sorbents fort PFAAs.…”

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in atmosphere from three different typical industrial areas in Beijing, China

“…The atmosphere plays a key role in the transport and transformation of PBDEs (Hoh and Hites, 2005;Choi et al, 2008;Li et al, 2009;Li et al, 2012). Moreover, PBDEs in the atmosphere can enter the human body through the respiratory tract (inhalation and dust ingestion), and become concentrated in the human body (Fitzgerald et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2012;Arellano et al, 2013;Krol et al, 2014). Previous studies have shown that high concentrations of PBDEs may be associated with their transport patterns (Sofuoglu et al, 2013), or may originate from emissions from products, especially electrical equipment (Zhang et al, 2011;Birgul et al, 2012).…”

“…In China, the contaminant status of PBDEs in the environment has been studied extensively, especially in areas of e-waste dismantling in southeast China (7980 pg m À3 ) (Chen et al, 2011;Ma et al, 2012;. In recent years, there have been many reports about PBDE pollutants in the atmosphere in China, including the levels of PBDEs in several urban regions (Chen et al, 2006;Yang et al, 2012;Zhao et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2014), in indoor and outdoor dust (Ni et al, 2011;Yu et al, 2012), at typical e-waste recycling areas (Deng et al, 2007;Chen et al, 2009;Ren et al, 2014), and several other industrial areas Tu et al, 2011Tu et al, , 2012Xiang et al, 2014). The characteristic, and transport and transformation patterns of PBDEs in industrial areas are closely related to the health of local populations.…”