Levels and sources of brominated flame retardants in human hair from urban, e-waste, and rural areas in South China |
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Authors: | Zheng Jing Luo Xiao-Jun Yuan Jian-Gang Wang Jing Wang Yu-Tao Chen Shen-Jun Mai Bi-Xian Yang Zhong-Yi |
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Institution: | a State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China b State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China c Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China |
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Abstract: | Human hair and indoor dust from urban, e-waste, and rural areas in south China were collected and analyzed for brominated flame retardants (BFRs). BFRs concentrations in hair from occupational e-waste recycling workers were higher than those from non-occupational exposed residents in other sampling areas. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) are two major BFRs in hair samples. The PBDE congener profiles in hair from the e-waste area are different from those from urban and rural areas with relatively higher contribution of lower brominated congeners. DBDPE, instead of BDE209, has become the major BFR in non-e-waste recycling areas. Significant correlations were found between hair level and dust level for DBDPE and BTBPE but not for PBDEs. The different PBDE congener profiles between dust and hair may suggest that exogenous exposure to the PBDE adsorbed on dust is not a major source of hair PBDEs. |
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Keywords: | Brominated flame retardants Hair Indoor dust Exposure pathways |
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