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HERO ID
5540584
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Phthalates in indoor dust in Kuwait: implications for non-dietary human exposure
Author(s)
Gevao, B; Al-Ghadban, AN; Bahloul, M; Uddin, S; Zafar, J
Year
2013
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Indoor Air
ISSN:
0905-6947
EISSN:
1600-0668
Publisher
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
Location
Malden
Volume
23
Issue
2
Page Numbers
126-133
Language
English
PMID
22862295
DOI
10.1111/ina.12001
Web of Science Id
WOS:000316207400005
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84875051147&doi=10.1111%2fina.12001&partnerID=40&md5=e738baa4787e0aa131d3dc78e0b818ea
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Abstract
Phthalates are semivolatile organic compounds with a ubiquitous environmental distribution. Their presence in indoor environments is linked to their use in a variety of consumer products such as children's toys, cosmetics, food packaging, flexible PVC flooring among others. The goal of this study was to investigate the occurrence and concentration of phthalates in dust from homes in Kuwait and to assess non-dietary human exposure to these phthalates. Dust samples were randomly collected from 21 homes and analyzed for eight phthalates. The concentrations of total phthalates were log normally distributed and ranged from 470 to 7800 µg/g. Five phthalates [Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), Di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Benzyl butyl phthalate (BzBP), and Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DcHP)] were routinely detected. The major phthalate compound was DEHP at a geometric mean concentration of 1704 µg/g (median, 2256 µg/g) accounting for 92% of the total phthalates measured. Using the measured concentrations and estimates of dust ingestion rates for children and adults, estimated human non-dietary exposure based on median phthalate concentrations ranged from 938 ng/kg-bd/day for adults to 13362 ng/kg-bd/day for toddlers. The difference in exposure estimates between children and adults in this study supports previous reports that children are at greater risk from pollutants that accumulate indoors. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Keywords
Public Health And Safety; Indoor air quality; Pollutants
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BBP (Butyl benzyl phthalate)
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