Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
Environ Int. 2013 Jan;51:160-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.11.006. Epub 2012 Dec 7.
This study investigated the occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and several additive brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in indoor dust and air from two Vietnamese informal e-waste recycling sites (EWRSs) and an urban site in order to assess the relevance of these media for human exposure. The levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), 1,2-bis-(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE) and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) in settled house dust from the EWRSs (130-12,000, 5.4-400, 5.2-620 and 31-1400 ng g(-1), respectively) were significantly higher than in urban house dust but the levels of PCBs (4.8-320 ng g(-1)) were not higher. The levels of PCBs and PBDEs in air at e-waste recycling houses (1000-1800 and 620-720 pg m(-3), respectively), determined using passive sampling, were also higher compared with non-e-waste houses. The composition of BFRs in EWRS samples suggests the influence from high-temperature processes and occurrence of waste materials containing older BFR formulations. Results of daily intake estimation for e-waste recycling workers are in good agreement with the accumulation patterns previously observed in human milk and indicate that dust ingestion contributes a large portion of the PBDE intake (60%-88%), and air inhalation to the low-chlorinated PCB intake (>80% for triCBs) due to their high levels in dust and air, respectively. Further investigation of both indoor dust and air as the exposure media for other e-waste recycling-related contaminants and assessment of health risk associated with exposure to these contaminant mixtures is necessary.
本研究调查了室内灰尘和空气中多氯联苯 (PCBs) 和几种添加型溴化阻燃剂 (BFRs) 的存在情况,这些物质来自越南两个非正式电子废物回收场 (EWRS) 和一个城市地区,以评估这些介质与人类接触的相关性。从 EWRS 采集的沉降房屋灰尘中多溴二苯醚 (PBDEs)、六溴环十二烷 (HBCD)、1,2-双-(2,4,6-三溴苯氧基)乙烷 (BTBPE) 和十溴二苯乙烷 (DBDPE) 的水平(分别为 130-12000、5.4-400、5.2-620 和 31-1400ng/g)显著高于城市房屋灰尘,但 PCBs(4.8-320ng/g)的水平没有升高。使用被动采样法在电子废物回收房屋空气中检测到的 PCBs 和 PBDEs 水平(分别为 1000-1800 和 620-720pg/m3)也高于非电子废物房屋。EWRS 样品中 BFR 的组成表明,这是由高温工艺的影响以及含有旧 BFR 配方的废物材料的存在造成的。电子废物回收工人的日摄入量估计结果与以前在人乳中观察到的积累模式相符,表明灰尘摄入是 PBDE 摄入量(60%-88%)的主要来源,而空气吸入是低氯 PCB 摄入量(>80% 用于三氯联苯)的主要来源,这是由于灰尘和空气中的含量较高。有必要进一步研究室内灰尘和空气作为其他电子废物回收相关污染物的暴露介质,并评估与这些污染物混合物接触相关的健康风险。