PMID- 15885753
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060106
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0048-9697 (Print)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 350
IP  - 1-3
DP  - 2005 Nov 1
TI  - Distribution of brominated flame retardants in different dust fractions in air 
      from an electronics recycling facility.
PG  - 151-60
AB  - Twelve air samples were collected from an electronic recycling facility in Sweden 
      representing three different dust fractions; respirable, total and inhalable 
      dust. Four samples were collected from each fraction. The highest concentration 
      of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) #209 (ten bromine atoms) was found in the 
      samples from the inhalable dust fraction (ID), which was 10 times higher than for 
      the "total dust" fraction (TD). The concentration ranges were 157.6-208.6; 
      13.9-16.7; and 2.8-3.3 ng/m3 for inhalable, total and respirable fractions, 
      respectively. The second most abundant PBDE congener was PBDE #183 (seven bromine 
      atoms), followed by the second most abundant substance 
      1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE) in all samples. In addition, 
      decabromodiphenyl ethane (DeBDethane) was tentatively identified in five of the 
      samples. Because of the large differences in air concentrations between the three 
      fractions in ID, TD and RD, it is suggested that the inhalable instead of "total 
      dust" fraction should be used to assess air concentrations, in particular for the 
      larger and higher brominated flame retardants (BFRs).
FAU - Julander, Anneli
AU  - Julander A
AD  - Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, Department of Natural Sciences, 
      Orebro University, S-701 82 Orebro, Sweden. anneli.julander@nat.oru.se
FAU - Westberg, Hakan
AU  - Westberg H
FAU - Engwall, Magnus
AU  - Engwall M
FAU - van Bavel, Bert
AU  - van Bavel B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
RN  - 0 (Bromobenzenes)
RN  - 0 (Dust)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Phenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (decabromodiphenyl ethane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis
MH  - Bromobenzenes
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources
MH  - Dust/*analysis
MH  - *Electronics
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*analysis
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - Phenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Sweden
EDAT- 2005/05/12 09:00
MHDA- 2006/01/07 09:00
CRDT- 2005/05/12 09:00
PHST- 2004/10/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/01/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/05/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/01/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/05/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(05)00051-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2005 Nov 1;350(1-3):151-60. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.015.