Author, as appears in the article.: Esplugas, Roser; Rovira, Joaquim; Mari, Montse; Fernandez-Arribas, Julio; Eljarrat, Ethel; Domingo, Jose L; Schuhmacher, Marta
Department: Enginyeria Química Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Domingo Roig, José Luis / Esplugas Borràs, Roser / Mari Marcos, Montserrat / Rovira Solano, Joaquim / Schuhmacher Ansuategui, Marta
Keywords: Tarragona province (catalonia spain) Organophosphate frs (opfrs) Novel brominated frs (nbfrs) Indoor air In-house dust Flame retardants (frs) Dust tarragona province (catalonia spain) risk-assessment phosphate pbdes organophosphate frs (opfrs) organophosphate esters novel brominated frs (nbfrs) matrices indoor air human exposure health gas environments dust
Abstract: Flame retardants (FRs) are widely used in consumer products including furniture foam and electronic equipment such as computers, monitors and TVs. Over time, FRs can easily migrate into the surrounding environments. Since brominated FRs (BFRs) has been determined of high concern due to their environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and potential toxicity, novel FRs have emerged. The present study was aimed at identifying and quantifying the indoor levels of 41 legacy and novel FRs, which include 20 OPFRs and 21 HFRs (8 PBDEs, 3 HBCDDs, 5 NBFRs and 5 DECs) in Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain). The results have confirmed the presence of both legacy and novel FRs in air and dust of homes, schools and offices. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first European study measuring OPFRs at office environments and also confirming the presence of the following OPFRs: TEP, TCIPP, T2IPPP, TPPO, DCP, TMCP and B4IPPPP in indoor air, even some of them at high levels. OPFRs in general and TCIPP in particular showed high concentrations in air (94,599 pg/m3 and 72,281 pg/m3, respectively) and dust (32,084 ng/g and 13,496 ng/g, respectively) samples collected in indoor environments. HBCDDs were found at high levels in dust (32,185 ng/g), whereas the presence of PBDEs and DECs were low in both matrices (<160 pg/m3 in air and <832 ng/g in dust). NBFRs showed higher levels than the two legacy FRs groups, which is supported by the current restrictions of these FRs (640 pg/m3 in air and 1291 ng/g in dust). Samples of schools had significantly lower levels of NBFRs, but significantly higher concentrations of HFRs in air than in home samples, while dust levels of HFRs were significantly lower than those in samples of offices. Regarding human health risks, the current assessment suggests that those derived from exposure to FRs were lower -although close- to assumable risks, evidencing the potential of FRs for non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks, mainly due to the exposure to TCIPP, which was the main contributor together with ΣHBCDDs and also EHDPP.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Waste management and disposal Saúde coletiva Química Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Historia Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental sciences Environmental engineering Environmental chemistry Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: joaquim.rovira@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat montserrat.mari@urv.cat marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-4399-6138 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0001-8971-3856 0000-0003-4381-2490
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Science Of The Total Environment. 806 (Pt 1): 150494-
APA: Esplugas, Roser; Rovira, Joaquim; Mari, Montse; Fernandez-Arribas, Julio; Eljarrat, Ethel; Domingo, Jose L; Schuhmacher, Marta (2022). Emerging and legacy flame retardants in indoor air and dust samples of Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain). Science Of The Total Environment, 806(Pt 1), 150494-. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150494
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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