Analysis of brominated flame retardants in house dust |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt;2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey;4. Faculty of Agriculture, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydin, Turkey;5. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bursa Technical University, 16310 Yildirim/Bursa, Turkey;6. Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 6248 Eighth Line, Egbert, ON, Canada |
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The main objective of this study was to create a robust analytical method to analyse the flame retardants decabromodiphenylether (BDE-209), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), and tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in house dust in order to estimate the degree of contamination of indoor environment. A liquid chromatography method equipped with a UV-detector and electro spray-tandem mass spectrometry was used to achieve this result. Applying an external calibration for BDE-209, an internal calibration for TBBPA, and a standard addition method for HBCD low limits of quantification were obtained. The analytical procedure was carried out under exclusion of UV-light as the target compounds potentially degrade when being exposed to UV-light. Empirical data were obtained in addition to the dust samples to estimate potential influences of apartment characteristics. A weak correlation between the number of electric devices and TBBPA was found. |
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