Legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in indoor dust from Beijing, China: Occurrence, human exposure assessment and evidence for PBDEs replacement

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 618; pp. 48 - 59
• Main Authors: Wang, Jiandi, Wang, Yuwei, Shi, Zhixiong, Zhou, Xianqing, Sun, Zhiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.03.2018
• Subjects: adults; average daily intake; body weight; Brominated flame retardants; China; Decabrominated diphenyl ether; dust; electronic equipment; ethane; Exposure assessment; hexabromocyclododecane; humans; Indoor dust; ingestion; isomers; markets; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; toddlers; China; Decabrominated diphenyl ether; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Brominated flame retardants; Indoor dust; Exposure assessment

Levels of legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), hexabromocyclododecane isomers (HBCDs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and six currently used novel BFRs were determined in house dust and office dust collected from a community in Beijing, Chin...