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Organohalogenated Flame Retardants and Organophosphate Esters in Office Air and Dust from Sweden
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry. China Jiliang University, People’s Republic of China.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8497-2699
Number of Authors: 32019 (English)In: Environmental Science and Technology, ISSN 0013-936X, E-ISSN 1520-5851, Vol. 53, no 4, p. 2124-2133Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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A wide range of organohalogenated flame retardants (HFRs) and organophosphate esters (OPEs) were measured in air and floor dust from 10 offices in Stockholm, Sweden. Concentrations of Sigma 18 emerging HFRs, Sigma 21 legacy HFRs and Sigma 11 OPEs from the offices were found to be 420, 510, and 1600000 ng/g, respectively, in floor dust and 400, 15, and 160 000 pg/m(3) respectively in active air samples. All targeted compounds were detected in dust except 2,3,5,6-tetrabromo-p-xylene (pTBX) indicating widespread application of a broad range of FRs in the Swedish offices while only 54% of targeted compounds were detected in indoor air. Estimated Sigma OPE exposure in Swedish offices is 3-4 orders of magnitude higher than for Sigma emerging HFRs and Sigma legacy HFRs via all three different exposure routes in our study. Adult's estimated intakes of emerging and legacy HFRs and OPEs from office air and dust during working hours (30% of a day) are some orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding reference doses (RfD). However, in worst case exposure scenarios (maximum concentrations and high dust intake), the intake of tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) was one-third of its RfD, which may be of potential concern if exposure is as high in other microenvironments.

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2019. Vol. 53, no 4, p. 2124-2133
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-167523DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05269ISI: 000459642500041PubMedID: 30681843OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-167523DiVA, id: diva2:1305974
Available from: 2019-04-21 Created: 2019-04-21 Last updated: 2025-01-31Bibliographically approved

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