An assessment of sources and pathways of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the United States

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 542-548

  Johnson Restrepo, Boris ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Dietary intake; Exposure assessment; House dust; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, PBDEs; Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHERS; HOUSES; NUTRITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

BREAST MILK; DIETARY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HOUSE DUST; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALBANY COUNTY [NEW YORK]; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349113995     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.068     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Allen J.G., McClean M.D., Stapleton H.M., Nelson J.W., and Webster T.F. Personal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in residential indoor air. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 (2007) 4574-4579
2. Allen J.G., McClean M.D., Stapleton H.M., and Webster T.F. Critical factors in assessing exposure to PBDEs via house dust. Environ. Int. 34 (2008) 1085-1091
3. Bakker M.I., de Winter-Sorkina R., de Mul A., Boon P.E., van Donkersgoed G., van Klaveren J.D., Baumann B.A., Hijman W.C., van Leeuwen S.P., de Boer J., and Zeilmaker M.J. Dietary intake and risk evaluation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Netherlands. Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 52 (2008) 204-216
4. Bocio L., Llobet J.M., Domingo J., Corbella J., Teixido A., and Casas C. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in foodstuffs: human exposure through the diet. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51 (2003) 3191-3195
5. Butte W., and Heinzow B. Pollutants in house dust as indicators of indoor contamination. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 175 (2002) 1-46
6. Darnerud P.O., Atuma S., Aune M., Bjerselius R., Glynn A., Petersson K., and Becker W. Dietary intake estimations of organohalogen contaminants (dioxins, PCB, PBDE and chlorinated pesticides, eg. DDT) based on Swedish market basket data. Food Chem. Toxicol. 44 (2006) 1597-1606
7. de Boer J., and Cofino W.P. First world-wide interlaboratory study on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Chemosphere 46 (2002) 625-633
8. de Wit C.A. An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment. Chemosphere 46 (2002) 583-624
9. Domingo J.L., Marti-Cid R., Castell V., and Llobet J.M. Human exposure to PBDEs through the diet in Catalonia, Spain. A review of recent literature on dietary PBDE intake. Toxicology 248 (2008) 25-32
10. Eriksson P., Viberg H., Jakobsson E., Orn U., and Fredriksson A. A brominated flame retardant, 2, 2′, 4, 4′, 5-pentabromodiphenyl ether: uptake, retention, and induction of neurobehavioral alterations in mice during a critical phase of neonatal brain development. Toxicol. Sci. 67 (2002) 98-103
11. Fisher D., Hooper K., Athanasiadou M., Athanassiadis I., and Bergman A. Children show highest levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a California family of four - a case study. Environ. Health Perspect. 114 (2006) 1581-1584
12. Hazrati S., and Harrad S. Causes of variability in concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor air. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (2006) 7584-7589
13. Harrad S., Ibarra C., Diamond M., Melymuk L., Robson M., Douwes J., Roosens L., Dirtu C., and Covaci A. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in domestic indoor dust from Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Environ. Int. 34 (2008) 232-238
14. Hites RA. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environment and in people: a meta-analysis of concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 945-956
15. Huwe J., and Larsen G.L. Polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in a US meat market basket and estimates of dietary intake. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 5606-5611
16. Johnson-Restrepo, B., 2008. Exposure to and Bioaccumulation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Humans and Marine Wildlife: Comparison to Patterns of Chlorinated Contaminants. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, 244 p.
17. Johnson-Restrepo B., Kannan K., Rapaport D.P., and Rodan B.D. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue from New York. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 5177-5182
18. Johnson-Restrepo B., Kannan K., Addink R., and Adams D.H. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in a marine foodweb of coastal Florida. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 8243-8250
19. Johnson-Restrepo B., Addink R., Wong C., Arcaro K., and Kannan K. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides in human breast milk from Massachusetts, USA. J. Environ. Monitor. 9 (2007) 1205-1212
20. Jones-Otazo H.A., Clarke J.P., Diamond M.L., Archbold J.A., Ferguson G., Harner T., Richardson G.M., Ryan J.J., and Wilford B. Is house dust the missing exposure pathway for PBDEs? An analysis of the urban fate and human exposure to PBDEs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 5121-5130
21. Kannan K., Tanabe S., Ramesh A., Subramanian A.N., and Tatsukawa R. Persistent organochlorines in foodstuffs from India and their implications on human dietary exposure. J. Agr. Food Chem. 40 (1992) 518-524
22. Kannan K., Tanabe S., Giesy J.P., and Tatsukawa R. Orgaochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in foodstuffs from Asian and Oceanic countries. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 152 (1997) 1-55
23. Kodavanti P.R.S., Ward T.R., Ludewig G., Robertson L.W., and Birnbaum L.S. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) effects in rat neuronal cultures: C-14-PBDE accumulation, biological effects, and structure-activity relationships. Toxicol Sci. 88 (2005) 181-192
24. Loganathan B.G., Kannan K., Watanabe I., Kawano M., Irvine K., Kumar S., and Sikka H.C. Isomer specific-determination and toxic evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polybrominated biphenyl ethers, and extractable organic halogen in carp from the Buffalo River, New York. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29 (1995) 1832-1838
25. Lorber M. Exposure of Americans to polybrominated diphenyl ethers. J. Exp. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 18 (2008) 2-19
26. McDonald T.A. Polybrominated diphenylether levels among United States residents: Daily intake and risk of harm to the developing brain and reproductive organs. Integ. Environ. Assess. Manage. 1 (2005) 343-354
27. Ohta S., Ishizuka D., Nishimura H., Nakao T., Aozasa O., and Shimidzu Y. Comparison of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish, vegetables, and meats and levels in human milk of nursing women in Japan. Chemosphere 46 (2002) 689-696
28. Ott W.R., Steinemann A.C., and Wallace L.A. Exposure Analysis (2007), CRC Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
29. Päpke O., Furst P., and Hermann T. Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs) in biological tissues with special emphasis on QA/QC measures. Talanta 63 (2004) 1203-1211
30. Roberts J.W., and Ott W.R. Exposure to pollutants from house dust. In: Ott W.R., Steinemann A.C., and Wallace L.A. (Eds). Exposure Analysis (2007), CRC Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 319-346
31. Schecter A., Päpke O., Tung K.C., Staskal D., and Birnbaum L. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers contamination of United States food. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 5306-5311
32. Schecter A., Päpke O., Harris T.R., Tung K.C., Musumba A., Olson J., and Birnbaum L. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) levels in an expanded market basket survey of U.S. food and estimated PBDE dietary intake by age and sex. Environ. Health Perspect. 114 (2006) 1515-1520
33. Sexton K., Callahan M.A., and Bryan E.F. Estimating exposure and dose to characterize health risks: the role of human tissue monitoring in exposure assessment. Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (1995) 13-29
34. Shaw S.D., Berger M.L., Brenner D., Carpenter D.O., Tao L., Hong C.-S., and Kannan K. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in farmed and wild salmon marketed in the Northeastern United States. Chemosphere 71 (2008) 1422-1431
35. Shoeib M., Harner T., Ikonomou M., and Kannan K. Indoor and outdoor air concentrations and phase partitioning of perfluoroalkyl sulfonamides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 1313-1320
36. Sjödin A., Patterson Jr. D.G., and Bergman A. A review on human exposure to brominated flame retardants-particularly polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Environ. Int. 29 (2003) 829-839
37. Stapleton H.M., Dodder N.G., Offenberg J.H., Schantz M.M., and Wise S.A. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in house dust and clothes dryer lint. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 925-931
38. Stapleton H.M., Kelly S.M., Allen J.G., McClean M.D., and Webster T.F. Measurement of polybrominated diphenyl ethers on hand wipes: estimating exposure from hand-to-mouth contact. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (2008) 3329-3334
39. Stapleton H.M., and Dodder N.G. Photodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether in house dust by natural sunlight. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27 (2008) 306-312
40. Toms L.-M.L., Harden F., Päepke O., Hobson P., Ryan J.J., and Mueller J.F. Higher accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in infants than in adults. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (2008) 7510-7515
41. Ueno D., Kajiwara N., Tanaka H., Subramanian A., Fillmann G., Lam P.K.S., Zheng G.J., Muchitar M., Razak H., Prudente M., Chung K.H., and Tanabe S. Global pollution monitoring of polybrominated diphenyl ethers using skipjack tuna as a bioindicator. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 2312-2316
42. USDA, 1997. Data Tables: Results from USDA's 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and 1994-96 Diet and Health Knowledge Survey. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD. .
43. USEPA, 1992. Guidelines for exposure assessment, Fed. Reg. 57 (104), 22888-22938. (Washington, Environmental Protection Agency).
44. USEPA, 1997. Exposure Factors Handbook. National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/P-95/002B.
45. USEPA, 2002. Child-specific exposure factors handbook. National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington, DC.
46. USEPA, 2004a. Example exposure scenarios. National Center for Environmental Assessment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC.
47. USEPA, 2004b. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Human Health Evaluation Manual, Pt E, Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Risk Assessment. vol. 1, US EPA, EPA 540-R-99-005, Washington, DC. Available through: Springfield, VA, National Technical Information Service, PB99-963312. .
48. Viberg H., Fredriksson A., and Eriksson P. Neonatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 153) disrupts spontaneous behavior, impairs learning and memory, and decreases hippocampal cholinergic receptors in adult mice. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 192 (2003) 95-106
49. Wilford B.H., Shoeib M., Harner T., Zhu J., and Jones K.C. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor dust in Ottawa, Canada: Implications for sources and exposure. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 7027-7035
50. Wu N., Herrmann T., Päepke O., Tickner J., Hale R., Harvey L.E., La Guardia M., McClean M.D., and Webster T.F. Human exposure to PBDEs: associations of PBDE body burdens with food consumption and house dust concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 (2007) 1584-1589
51. Zota A.R., Rudel R.A., Morello-Frosch R.A., and Brody J.G. Elevated house dust and serum concentrations of PBDE in California: unintended consequences of furniture flammability standards?. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (2008) 8158-8164
52. Zuurbier M., Leijs M., Schoeters G., ten Tusscher G., and Koppe J.G. Children's exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Acta Paediat. 95 (2006) 65-70