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Environ Pollut

Title:		The use of silicone wristbands to evaluate personal exposure to semi-volatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) in France and Italy
Author(s):		Wang S; Romanak KA; Tarallo S; Francavilla A; Viviani M; Vineis P; Rothwell JA; Mancini FR; Cordero F; Naccarati A; Severi G; Venier M;
Address:		"O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States. Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Turin, Italy; Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy. Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Turin, Italy; MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. CESP (U1018), Faculte de Medecine, Universite Paris-Saclay, INSERM, 94805, Villejuif, France; Gustave Roussy, 94805, Villejuif, France. Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Applications 'G. Parenti' (DISIA), University of Florence, Italy. CESP (U1018), Faculte de Medecine, Universite Paris-Saclay, INSERM, 94805, Villejuif, France; Gustave Roussy, 94805, Villejuif, France; Department of Statistics, Computer Science and Applications 'G. Parenti' (DISIA), University of Florence, Italy. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States. Electronic address: mvenier@indiana.edu"
Journal Title:		Environ Pollut
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200910
Issue:
Page Number:		115490 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115490
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-6424 (Electronic) 0269-7491 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In this exploratory study, we measured for the first-time human exposure to about 90 semi-volatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) in France and Italy using silicone wristbands. Participants in France (n = 40) and in Italy (n = 31) wore a silicone wristband for five days during 2018 and 2019. Samples were analyzed for 39 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 10 novel brominated flame retardants (nBFRs), 25 organophosphate esters (OPEs), and 18 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). In both groups, the most commonly detected chemicals were BDE-209, BEHTBP, tris[(2R)-1-chloro-2-propyl] phosphate (TCIPP), and phenanthrene among PBDEs, nBFRs, OPEs, and PAHs, respectively. The concentrations of summation operator(39) PBDEs, summation operator(10) nBFRs, summation operator(25) OPEs, summation operator(18) PAHs, and of most individual chemicals were generally significantly higher in samples from France than in those from Italy, except for BDE-209 and TCIPP. On a broader scale, the chemical concentrations were generally significantly lower in this study than those measured in the United States in previous studies using the same type of wristbands. Efforts to standardize the protocols for the use of silicone wristbands are still needed but this study shows that wristbands are capable of capturing regional differences in human exposure to a large variety of SVOCs and, therefore, can be used as personal exposure monitor for studies with global coverage"
Keywords:		Environmental Monitoring *Flame Retardants France Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers Humans Italy Organophosphates Silicones *Volatile Organic Compounds Human exposure Octanol-air partition coefficients Semi-volatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) Silicone wristbands;
Notes:		"MedlineWang, Shaorui Romanak, Kevin A Tarallo, Sonia Francavilla, Antonio Viviani, Marco Vineis, Paolo Rothwell, Joseph A Mancini, Francesca Romana Cordero, Francesca Naccarati, Alessio Severi, Gianluca Venier, Marta eng MR/S019669/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom England 2020/12/02 Environ Pollut. 2020 Dec; 267:115490. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115490. Epub 2020 Sep 10"