After the PBDE phase-out: A broad suite of flame retardants in repeat house dust samples from California

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13056-13066

  Dodson, Robin E ^a   Perovich, Laura J ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Van Den Eede, Nele ^b   Ionas, Alin C ^b   Dirtu, Alin C ^b   Brody, Julia Green ^a   Rudel, Ruthann A ^a  

^a Silent Spring Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CHEMICALS OF CONCERN; DUST COLLECTED; FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; HOUSE DUST; ORGANOHALOGENS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; HOUSES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DUST;

2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,2',3,3'4,4',5,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3'4,4',6,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4' PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5,5',6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5,6' HEPTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,6' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',6 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,4,4' TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL ETHER; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ALLYL ETHER; ALPHA 1,2,5,6 TETRABROMOCYCLOOCTANE; ALPHA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BETA 1,2,5,6 TETRABROMOCYCLOOCTANE; BETA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) 3,4,5,6 TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; ELECTRONICS; FURNITURE; HOUSE DUST; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871326610     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303879n     Document Type: Article

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