Analysis of brominated flame retardants in house dust

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1657-1663

  Abb, Magdalena ^a   Stahl, Beate ^a   Lorenz, Wilhelm ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BFR; HBCD; Liquid chromatography; PBDE; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCD; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; PBDE; ROBUST ANALYTICAL METHODS; STANDARD ADDITION METHOD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TBBPA;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BROMINE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION; DUST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84855760049     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Abb M., Breuer J.V., Zeitz C., Lorenz W. Analysis of pesticides and PCBs in waste wood and house dust. Chemosphere 2010, 81:488-493.
2. Abb M., Heinrich T., Sorkau E., Lorenz W. Phthalates in house dust. Environ. Int. 2009, 35:965-970.
3. Abdallah M.A.-E., Harrad S., Covaci A. Hexabromocyclododecanes and tetrabromobisphenol-A in indoor air and dust in Birmingham, UK: implications for human exposure. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42:6855-6861.
4. Abdallah M.A.-E., Ibarra C., Neels H., Harrad S., Covaci A. Comparative evaluation of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry versus gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the determination of hexabromocyclododecanes and their degradation products in indoor dust. J. Chromatogr. A 2008, 1190:333-341.
5. Bocio A., Llobet J.M., Domingo J.L., Corbella J., Teixido A., Casas C. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in foodstuffs: human exposure through the diet. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2003, 51:3191-3195.
6. Butte W., Heinzow B. Pollutants in house dust as indicators of indoor contamination. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2002, 175:1-46.
7. Butte W., Hoffmann W., Hostrup O., Schmidt A., Walker G. Endokrin wirksame Substanzen im Hausstaub: Ergebnisse eines repräsentativen Monitorings. Gefahrst. - Reinhalt. Luft 2001, 61:19-23.
8. 2008/C 152/02. Communication from the Commission on the results of the risk evaluation and the risk reduction strategies for the substances: sodium chromate, sodium dichromate and 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromo-4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (tetrabromobisphenol A) (text with EEA relevance).
9. Cunha S.C., Kalachova K., Pulkrabova J., Fernandes J.O., Oliveira M.B.P.P., Alves A., Hajslova J. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) contents in house and car dust of Portugal by pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Chemosphere 2010, 78:1263-1271.
10. Directive 2003/11/EC of the European parliament and of the council of February 6 2003 amending for the 24th time Council Directive 76/669/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations.
11. Dirtu A.C., Ravindra K., Roosens L., van Grieken R., Neels H., Blust R., Covaci A. Fast analysis of decabrominated diphenyl ether using low-pressure gas chromatography-electron-capture negative ionization mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 2008, 1186:295-301.
12. Eriksson J., Green N., Marsh G., Bergman A. Photochemical decomposition of 15 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners in methanol/water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:3119-3125.
13. European Risk Assessment Report Hexabromocyclododecane, 2008. European Communities.
14. European Risk Assessment Report Diphenylether Pentabromoderivate (Pentabromodiphenylether), 2001. European Communities.
15. Harrad S., Abdallah M.A.E., Covaci A. Causes of variability in concentrations and diastereomer patterns of hexabromocyclododecanes in indoor dust. Environ. Int. 2009, 35:573-579.
16. Heeb N.V., Schweizer W.B., Kohler M., Gerecke A.C. Structure elucidation of hexabromocyclododecanes - a class of compounds with a complex stereochemistry. Chemosphere 2005, 61:65-73.
17. Johnson-Restrepo B., Kannan K. An assessment of sources and pathways of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the United States. Chemosphere 2009, 76:542-548.
18. Jones-Otazo H.A., Clarke J.P., Diamond M.L., Archbold J.A., Ferguson G., Harner T., Richardson G.M., Ryan J.J., 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. 2005, 39:5121-5130.
19. Karlsson M., Julander A., van Bavel B., Hardell L. Levels of brominated flame retardants in blood in relation to levels in household air and dust. Environ. Int. 2007, 33:62-69.
20. Kersten W., Reich T. Schwer flüchtige organische Umweltchemikalien in Hamburger Hausstäuben. Gefahrst. - Reinhalt. Luft 2003, 63:85-91.
21. Law R.J., Allchin C.R., De Boer J., Covaci A., Herzke D., Lepom P., Morris S., Tronczynski J., de Wit C.A. Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the European environment. Chemosphere 2006, 64:187-208.
22. Morris S., Allchin C.R., Zegers B.N., Haftka J.J.H., Boon J.P., Belpaire C., Leonards E.P.G., Van Leeuwen S.P.J., De Boer J. Distribution and fate of HBCD and TBBPA brominated flame retardants in North Sea estuaries and aquatic food webs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:5497-5504.
23. Palace V.P., Pleskach K., Halldorson T., Danell R., Wautier K., Evans B., Alaee M., Marvin C., Tomy G.T. Biotransformation enzymes and thyroid axis disruption in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42:1967-1972.
24. RoHs, 2003. EU Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
25. Rudel R.A., Camann D.E., Spengler J.D., Korn L.R., Brody J.G. Phthalates, alkylphenols, pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and other endocrine-disrupting compounds in indoor air and dust. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37:4543-4553.
26. Schecter A., Haffner D., Colacino J., Patel K., Paepke O., Opel M., Birnbaum L. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclodecane (HBCD) in composite US food samples. Environ. Health Perspect. 2010, 118:357-362.
27. Stapleton H.M., Dodder N.G. Photodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether in house dust by natural sunlight. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2008, 27:306-312.
28. Takigami H., Suzuki G., Hirai Y., Sakai S. Brominated flame retardants and other polyhalogenated compounds in indoor air and dust from two houses in Japan. Chemosphere 2009, 76:270-277.
29. Thomsen C., Stigum H., Frøshaug M., Broadwell S.L., Becher G., Eggesbø M. Determinants of brominated flame retardants in breast milk from a large scale Norwegian study. Environ. Int. 2010, 36:68-74.
30. Toms L.-M.L., Hearn L., Kennedy K., Harden F., Bartkow M., Temme C., Mueller J.F. Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in matched samples of human milk, dust and indoor air published. Environ. Int. 2009, 35:864-869.
31. Umweltgutachten, 2008. Umweltschutz im Zeichen des Klimawandels, Kapitel 8, Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen.
32. Van der Ven L.T.M., Verhoef A., van de Kuil T., Slob W., Leonards P.E.G., Visser T.J., Hamers T., Herlin M., Håkansson H., Olausson H., Piersma A., Vos J.G. A 28-day oral dose toxicity study enhanced to detect endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane in Wistar rats. Toxicol. Sci. 2006, 94:281-292.
33. WHO, 1999. Overviews of the environment and health in Europe in the 1990s. EUR/ICP/EHCO 02 02 05/6 04229. pp. 1-20.
34. Walker G., Hostrup O., Hoffmann W., Butte W. Biocides in house dust - results of a representative monitoring. Gefahrst. - Reinhalt. Luft 1999, 59:33-41.
35. Wanner A., Heitmann D., Fromme H., Korner W. Polybromierte diphenylether (PBDE) in raumluft und hausstaub von wohnraeumen in suedbayern. Gefahrst. - Reinhalt. Luft 2008, 68:71-76.
36. Wu N., Herrmann T., Paepke O., Tickner J., Hale R., Harvey E., La Guardia M., Mcclean M.D., Webster T.F. Human exposure to PBDEs: associations of PBDE body burdens with food consumption and house dust concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:1584-1589.
37. http://www.flameretardants-online.com.