Airborne PBDEs in specialized occupational settings, houses and outdoor urban areas in Greece |
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Authors: | Mandalakis Manolis Atsarou Vassiliki Stephanou Euripides G |
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Institution: | Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Buildings of Chemistry Department, Voutes-Heraklion, GR-71003 Heraklion, Greece. |
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Abstract: | Airborne polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were measured in workplaces, homes and urban outdoor air in Greece. The geometric mean concentrations of total PBDEs (sum of 19 congeners) in offices (205pgm(-3)), internet cafes/computer rooms (127pgm(-3)) and computers/electronics shops (85pgm(-3)) were significantly higher than those in furniture stores (12pgm(-3)), homes (8pgm(-3)) and outdoor air (18pgm(-3)). The daily inhalation intake of PBDEs estimated for the employees of the four occupational settings ranged from 0.2 to 1.4ngday(-1) and it was significantly lower than the expected dietary intake ( approximately 77ngday(-1)). Although inhalation generally represented a small fraction of the overall daily exposure to PBDEs ( approximately 1%), the results from a heavily contaminated office (10 848pgm(-3) of total PBDEs) indicated that the intake from this route (65ngday(-1)) may, in some extreme cases, be as important as diet. |
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Keywords: | Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) Indoor/outdoor air Houses Workplaces Greece |
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