Preliminary results on polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination status in Croatian households and insights into children's exposure |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Department of Environmental, Water & Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, South Africa;2. Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, South Africa;1. Soil Research Centre, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6DW, UK;2. Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium;3. Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners were analyzed in house dust samples collected in Croatian households. ∑PBDEs ranged between 1.1 ng g−1 dust and 17662.4 ng g−1 dust with BDE-99 being the most dominant congener accounting for approximately 60 %. The estimated daily intake (EDI) for toddlers as the most vulnerable population group ranged from 0.003 to 55.04 and from 0.01 to 110.07 ng kg−1 bw day−1 in the central and worst case scenario, respectively. The EDI calculated for the dominant BDE-99 in the sample with the highest ∑PBDE was in the worst case scenario 68.99 ng kg−1 bw day−1, which was quite close to the reference dose of 100 ng kg−1 bw day−1. |
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| Keywords: | House dust Polybrominated diphenyl ethers Croatia Estimated daily intake Toddler Dust ingestion |
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