DEMIRTEPE, Hale, Lisa Emily MELYMUK, Miriam Leah DIAMOND, Lola Murielle BAJARD ÉP.ESNER, Šimon VOJTA, Roman PROKEŠ, Ondřej SÁŇKA, Jana KLÁNOVÁ, L'ubica MURÍNOVÁ, Denisa RICHTEROVA, Vladimira RASPLOVA and Tomáš TRNOVEC. Linking past uses of legacy SVOCs with today's indoor levels and human exposure. Environment International. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2019, vol. 127, June, p. 653-663. ISSN 0160-4120. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.001.
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Original name Linking past uses of legacy SVOCs with today's indoor levels and human exposure
Authors DEMIRTEPE, Hale (792 Turkey, belonging to the institution), Lisa Emily MELYMUK (124 Canada, belonging to the institution), Miriam Leah DIAMOND (124 Canada), Lola Murielle BAJARD ÉP.ESNER (250 France, belonging to the institution), Šimon VOJTA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Roman PROKEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej SÁŇKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jana KLÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), L'ubica MURÍNOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Denisa RICHTEROVA (703 Slovakia), Vladimira RASPLOVA (703 Slovakia) and Tomáš TRNOVEC (703 Slovakia).
Edition Environment International, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2019, 0160-4120.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 7.577
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110322
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.001
UT WoS 000467383500064
Keywords in English Human intake; Indoor environment; Flame retardants; Legacy POPs; PAHs; Risk prioritization
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 23/3/2020 16:52.
Abstract
Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) emitted from consumer products, building materials, and indoor and outdoor activities can be highly persistent in indoor environments. Human exposure to and environmental contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was previously reported in a region near a former PCB production facility in Slovakia. However, we found that the indoor residential PCB levels did not correlate with the distance from the facility. Rather, indoor levels in this region and those reported in the literature were related to the historic PCB use on a national scale and the inferred presence of primary sources of PCBs in the homes. Other SVOCs had levels linked with either the activities in the home, e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with wood heating; or outdoor activities, e.g., organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) with agricultural land use and building age. We propose a classification framework to prioritize SVOCs for monitoring in indoor environments and to evaluate risks from indoor SVOC exposures. Application of this framework to 88 measured SVOCs identified several PCB congeners (CB-11, -28, -52), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), benzo(a)pyrene, and gamma-HCH as priority compounds based on high exposure and toxicity assessed by means of toxicity reference values (TRVs). Application of the framework to many emerging compounds such as novel flame retardants was not possible because of either no or outdated TRVs. Concurrent identification of seven SVOC groups in indoor environments provided information on their comparative levels and distributions, their sources, and informed our assessment of associated risks.
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EF16_013/0001761, research and development projectName: RECETOX RI
LM2015051, research and development projectName: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LO1214, research and development projectName: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
733032, interní kód MUName: European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (Acronym: HBM4EU)
Investor: European Union, Health, demographic change and wellbeing (Societal Challenges)
734522, interní kód MUName: Synergising International Research Studies into the Environmental Fate and Behaviour of Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Waste Stream (Acronym: INTERWASTE)
Investor: European Union, MSCA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Excellent Science)
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