PMID- 21982032 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111212 LR - 20181201 IS - 1873-6750 (Electronic) IS - 0160-4120 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jan TI - Co-leaching of brominated compounds and antimony from bottled water. PG - 45-53 LID - 10.1016/j.envint.2011.08.007 [doi] AB - A fast-growing bottled water market is occasionally challenged by reports calling for contaminant leaching from water-contact materials (plastics). Our focus was on leaching of antimony (Sb) and brominated compounds expressed by total soluble bromine (Br) measurements, including those of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). Studies are lacking on concomitant leaching of two or more inorganic plastic constituents from the same bottle. A market-representative basket survey of bottled water was initiated in Boston, USA supermarkets. Bottled water classes sampled were: i) non-carbonated (NCR), ii) carbonated (CR), and iii) non-carbonated and enriched (NCRE). Plastic bottle materials sampled were: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polystyrene (PS), and polycarbonate (PC). Storage conditions for the 31 bottled water samples were: 23 degrees C temperature, no-shaking and 12h/12h light/dark for 60days of equilibration. Average Br and Sb concentrations after 60-days of storage followed the order of NCR