Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA.
Chemosphere. 2018 Mar;195:777-783. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.065. Epub 2017 Dec 11.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are brominated flame retardants. Technical mixtures PentaBDE and OctaBDE were phased out in 2004 through voluntary and regulatory actions with DecaBDE remaining in limited use until 2013. Biomonitoring studies have shown widespread presence of PBDEs in the US and worldwide population. While some studies suggest that human serum concentrations are declining over time, it is unclear whether this trend will continue. Our objective was to examine temporal trends of PentaBDEs and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PBDEs) between 2008 and 2014 in populations of ethnically diverse, pregnant women residing in Northern California (n = 111). Serum samples were collected and analyzed by high resolution mass spectrometry for five PentaBDE congeners and two OH-PBDEs. We found widespread exposures in participants from all three time points (2008/09, 2011/12, 2014). Temporal patterns varied substantially by congener. BDE-47, -99 and the OH-PBDEs decreased between 2008/09-2011/12 but plateaued between 2011/12-2014. In contrast, BDE-100 decreased across all years, BDE-153 decreased in the latter years, and BDE-28 decreased initially and then increased. These findings indicate that while policies to remove PBDEs from the marketplace have successfully lead to declines in exposures to some PBDE congeners, human exposures to these legacy pollutants could plateau and remain ubiquitous in human populations.
多溴二苯醚(PBDEs)是溴化阻燃剂。五溴二苯醚(PentaBDE)和八溴二苯醚(OctaBDE)技术混合物已于 2004 年通过自愿和监管行动逐步淘汰,而十溴二苯醚(DecaBDE)则在 2013 年之前仍在有限使用。生物监测研究表明,多溴二苯醚在美国和全球人群中广泛存在。虽然一些研究表明,随着时间的推移,人类血清浓度呈下降趋势,但尚不清楚这种趋势是否会持续。我们的目的是在 2008 年至 2014 年期间,检查居住在北加利福尼亚的种族多样化孕妇人群中五溴二苯醚及其羟基代谢物(OH-PBDEs)的时间趋势(n=111)。通过高分辨率质谱法对 5 种五溴二苯醚同系物和 2 种 OH-PBDEs 进行血清样本采集和分析。我们发现所有三个时间点(2008/09、2011/12 和 2014)的参与者都存在广泛的暴露。同系物之间的时间模式变化很大。BDE-47、-99 和 OH-PBDEs 于 2008/09-2011/12 年间下降,但在 2011/12-2014 年间趋于平稳。相比之下,BDE-100 在所有年份都下降,BDE-153 在后期年份下降,BDE-28 先下降后上升。这些发现表明,尽管从市场上去除 PBDEs 的政策成功地导致了一些 PBDE 同系物暴露的下降,但这些遗留污染物在人类中的暴露可能会趋于平稳并在人类群体中普遍存在。