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Chemical contaminant exposures assessed using silicone wristbands among occupants in office buildings in the USA, UK, China, and India.

Abstract：

:Little is known about chemical contaminant exposures of office workers in buildings globally. Complex mixtures of harmful chemicals accumulate indoors from building materials, building maintenance, personal products, and outdoor pollution. We evaluated exposures to 99 chemicals in urban office buildings in the USA, UK, China, and India using silicone wristbands worn by 251 participants while they were at work. Here, we report concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other brominated flame retardants (BFRs), organophosphate esters (OPEs), phthalates and phthalate alternatives, pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). First, we found major differences in office worker chemical exposures by country, some of which can be explained by regulations and use patterns. For example, exposures to several pesticides were substantially higher in India where there were fewer restrictions and unique malaria challenges, and exposures to flame retardants tended to be higher in the USA and UK where there were historic, stringent furniture flammability standards. Higher exposures to PAHs in China and India could be due to high levels of outdoor air pollution that penetrates indoors. Second, some office workers were still exposed to legacy PCBs, PBDEs, and pesticides, even decades after bans or phase-outs. Third, we identified exposure to a contemporary PCB that is not covered under legacy PCB bans due to its presence as an unintentional byproduct in materials. Fourth, exposures to novel BFRs, OPEs, and other chemicals commonly used as substitutes to previously phased-out chemicals were ubiquitous. Fifth, some exposures were influenced by individual factors, not just countries and buildings. Phthalate exposures, for example, were related to personal care product use, country restrictions, and building materials. Overall, we found substantial country differences in chemical exposures and continued exposures to legacy phased-out chemicals and their substitutes in buildings. These findings warrant further research on the role of chemicals in office buildings on worker health.

journal_name

Environ Int

journal_title

Environment international

authors

Young AS,Herkert N,Stapleton HM,Cedeño Laurent JG,Jones ER,MacNaughton P,Coull BA,James-Todd T,Hauser R,Luna ML,Chung YS,Allen JG

doi

10.1016/j.envint.2021.106727

keywords:

["Buildings","Exposome","Global","Indoors","SVOCs","Workers"]

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-11-01 00:00:00

pages

106727

eissn

0160-4120

issn

1873-6750

pii

S0160-4120(21)00352-4

journal_volume

156

pub_type

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Chemical contaminant exposures assessed using silicone wristbands among occupants in office buildings in the USA, UK, China, and India.