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Presence, source attribution, and human exposure to organophosphate esters in indoor dust from various microenvironments in Nigeria

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EMERGING CONTAMINANTS
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 -

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KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2023.100208

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Organophosphate esters; Indoor dust; Africa; Vehicles; Homes; Offices; Medical centres

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This study documents the presence of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in indoor dust from various microenvironments in Nigeria for the first time. The concentrations of OPEs were found to be relatively low and did not significantly differ between different indoor environments. The estimated daily intakes of the studied OPEs were lower than the reference dose values, suggesting that exposure to these OPEs in the indoor environment does not pose a significant health risk for the general population in Nigeria.
Very few studies have reported the presence of the organophosphate esters (OPEs) in African indoor microenvironments. We therefore document here, the concentrations, profiles, and human exposure to eight organophosphate esters (OPEs) for the first time in indoor dust from various microenvironments in Nigeria, specifically: cars/buses (n = 10), homes (n = 20), offices (n = 20), and medical centres (n = 14). The concentrations of OPEs in these indoor dust samples were among the lowest reported internationally. Concentrations of P8OPEs varied substantially between individual samples and the predominant OPEs were: tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) (detection frequency (DF) = 90-10 0%), tris(1chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCIPP) (DF = 100%), and 2-ethylhexyl-diphenyl phosphate (EHDPP) (DF = 100%). There were no significant differences (P>0.05) between P8OPEs concentrations in dust samples from cars/buses (average = 295 ng/g), offices (231 ng/g), homes (277 ng/g), and medical centres (127 ng/g). Concentrations of chlorinated OPEs: tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), TCIPP, and tris(1,3dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCIPP) were significantly correlated with those of triphenyl phosphate (TPhP), EHDPP, and TBOEP. Estimated daily intakes (EDI) of target OPEs via indoor dust ingestion and dermal absorption were lower than the corresponding reference dose (RfD) values, indicating that exposure to the studied OPEs in the indoor environment does not pose a significant health risk for the general population in Nigeria, even under a high-end exposure scenario.(c) 2023 The Authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/

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