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Hexabromocyclododecanes in indoor dust from Canada, the United Kingdom, and-the United States
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Abstract
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| alpha-, beta-, and gamma-hexabromocyclododecane diastereomers (HBCDs) were measured in house dust from Birmingham, UK (n = 31, median concentration = 730 ng Sigma HBCDs g(-1)); Amarillo/ Austin, TX (n = 13, 390 ng g(-1)); and Toronto, Canada (n = 8, 640 ng g(-1)). Concentrations in dust (n = 6, 650 ng g(-1)) from UK offices were within the range for UK homes. Concentrations from each country were statistically indistinguishable. In one UK house dust sample, 110,000 ng g(-1) was recorded-the highest recorded in indoor dust to date. While upper bound average UK dietary exposures for adults and toddlers, respectively, are 413 and 240 ng Sigma HBCDs day(-1), UK adults and toddlers daily ingesting, respectively, 50 and 200 mg of dust contaminated at the 95th percentile concentration are exposed, respectively, to 1100 and 4400 ng Sigma HBCDs day(-1). Normalized to body weight, this high-end exposure scenario estimate for toddlers is within the range reported elsewhere for occupationally exposed adults. While in commercial formulations gamma-HBCD predominates (>80%), alpha-HBCD in dust constitutes 14-67% of Sigma HBCDs (average 32%). Hence the predominance of the a-diastereomer in humans may arise partly from dust ingestion, and not solely to in vivo metabolism (when alpha-HBCD is formed from bioisomerization of other diastereomers), or dietary exposure (where alpha-HBCD predominates in most foodstuffs). |
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Language
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English
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Environmental science and technology / American Chemical Society. - Easton, Pa
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Publication
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Easton, Pa
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2008
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0013-936X
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1520-5851
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DOI
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10.1021/ES702378T
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42
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(2008)
, p. 459-464
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000252317700026
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