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Environ Int

Title:		Chemical-by-chemical and cumulative risk assessment of residential indoor exposure to semivolatile organic compounds in France
Author(s):		Pelletier M; Glorennec P; Mandin C; Le Bot B; Ramalho O; Mercier F; Bonvallot N;
Address:		"Univ Rennes, EHESP, Inserm, Irset (Institut de recherche en sante, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France. Univ Rennes, EHESP, Inserm, Irset (Institut de recherche en sante, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France. Electronic address: philippe.glorennec@ehesp.fr. University of Paris-Est, Scientific and Technical Center for Building (CSTB), Health and Comfort Department, French Indoor Air Quality Observatory (OQAI), 84 Avenue Jean Jaures, Champs sur Marne, 77447, Marne la Vallee Cedex 2, France"
Journal Title:		Environ Int
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180426
Issue:
Page Number:		22 - 32
DOI:		10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.024
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-6750 (Electronic) 0160-4120 (Linking)
Abstract:		"BACKGROUND: The toxic effects of environmental exposure to chemicals are increasingly being studied and confirmed, notably for semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs). These are found in many products and housing materials, from which they are emitted to indoor air, settled dust and other surfaces. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this work is to assess the human health risk posed by residential indoor exposure to 32 SVOCs, assessed in previous nationwide studies. METHODS: A chemical-by-chemical risk assessment, using a hazard quotient (HQ) or excess risk (ER) method, was supplemented by a cumulative risk assessment (CRA). For CRA, a hazard index (HI) method, as well as higher tier approaches using relative potency factors (RPFs) or toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) were used for the following endpoints: neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, genotoxicity and immunotoxicity. RESULTS: HQs were above 1 for 50% of French children from birth to 2?ª+years for BDE 47, and for 5% of children for lindane and dibutyl phthalate (DBP). Corresponding hazards are reprotoxic for BDE 47 and DBP, and immunotoxic for lindane. The CRA approach provided additional information of reprotoxic risks (HI?ª+>?ª+1) that may occur for 95% of children and for 5% of the offspring for pregnant women's exposure. The SVOCs contributing most to these risks were PCB 101 and 118, BDE 47, and DBP. The higher tier CRA approaches showed that exposure to dwellings' SVOC mixtures were of concern for 95% of children for neurotoxic compounds having effects linked with neuronal death. To a lesser extent, effects mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) or by a decrease in testosterone levels may concern 5% of children and adults. Lastly, unacceptable immunotoxic risk related to exposure to 8 indoor PCBs was also observed for 5% of children. CONCLUSIONS: In view of uncertainties related to compounds' toxicity for humans, these results justify the implementation of preventive measures, as well as the production of more standardized and comprehensive toxicological data for some compounds"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*analysis *Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis/statistics & numerical data Child Child, Preschool *Environmental Exposure/analysis/statistics & numerical data Female France/epidemiology Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Maternal Exposure/*statistics;"
Notes:		"MedlinePelletier, Maud Glorennec, Philippe Mandin, Corinne Le Bot, Barbara Ramalho, Olivier Mercier, Fabien Bonvallot, Nathalie eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2018/05/01 Environ Int. 2018 Aug; 117:22-32. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.024. Epub 2018 Apr 26"