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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Volume 53, Issue 1, Pages 79-90Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2017.1369813
Keywords
Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs); phthalates; floor dust; road dust; e-waste; exposure
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- Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies (KASEAS)
- ASEAN University Network (AUN)
- ASEAN-ROK
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This study was undertaken to investigate levels of organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and phthalates in floor and road dust from a manual e-waste dismantling facility and nearby communities in Thailand. Concentrations of Sigma 10 PFRs and Sigma 6 phthalates in floor dust from the facility were approximately 36-1,700 and 86,000-790,000 ng g(-1), whereas those from the communities were about 13-9,200 and 44,0002,700,000 ng g(-1), respectively. The highest content of Sigma 10 PFRs (9,200 ng g(-1)) and Sigma 6 phthalates (2,700,000 ng g(-1)) in indoor dust was both detected in the dust sampled from a house with no prevailing winds located 350 m northeast of the facility. Levels of Sigma 10 PFRs and Sigma 6 phthalates in road dust from the facility were around 1,100-2,100 and 40,000-670,000 ng g(-1), while those from the residences were about 650-2,000 and 27,000-650,000 ng g(-1), respectively. Concentrations of Sigma 10 PFRs (2,100 ng g(-1)) and Sigma 6 phthalates (670,000 ng g(-1)) in road dust were greatest in the dust collected from the facility. For the distributional pattern, TBEP (tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate) was the main PFR in residential dust, whereas TPP (triphenyl phosphate) was the major PFR in facility dust. TBEP was also found to be the most prominent PFR in all road dust samples. Furthermore, DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) was the most abundant phthalate congener in both floor and road dust samples. Under realistic high-end scenarios of environmental exposure to DEHP, Thai toddlers (25.29 mu g kg(-1) bw day(-1)) in the adjacent communities were exposed above the US EPA's (United States Environmental Protection Agency) reference dose (RfD) for this congener (20 mu g kg(-1) bw day(-1)). Our data reveal that the PFR and phthalate-containing products at the residences are a likely substantial source of PFRs and phthalates to the surrounding indoor environment, and humans can be exposed to PFRs and phthalates in their dwellings via the settled floor dust.
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