PMID- 25643236
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151117
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Mar 3
TI  - High exposure of California firefighters to polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
PG  - 2948-58
LID - 10.1021/es5055918 [doi]
AB  - Concern about persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Californians prompted the 
      state's biomonitoring program to conduct a study in firefighters, who are 
      occupationally exposed to high levels of POPs. In this work we present serum 
      concentrations of several classes of POPs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      [PBDEs], polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], and organochlorine pesticides [OCPs]) 
      in 101 Southern California firefighters. Despite recently reported declining 
      trends of PBDEs in Californians, high levels were measured in firefighters' serum 
      (Sigma5PBDEs: median = 59.1 ng/(g of lipid); range = 18.8-714 ng/(g of lipid)) in 
      comparison to other populations in California during the same period. In 
      addition, nearly one-third of subjects had particularly high serum levels of 
      decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209), consistent with other recent results in 
      firefighters; this pattern may be a marker of recent firefighting activity. In 
      contrast, serum levels of PCBs and OCPs measured in firefighters' sera were not 
      elevated compared to U.S. levels. Multivariable analysis indicated that lower 
      levels of serum PBDEs were associated with turnout gear cleaning and storage 
      practices after fires. Our study supports the hypothesis that firefighting 
      activities are likely to increase exposure to PBDEs and that good housekeeping 
      and personal hygiene practices may reduce exposure to these compounds.
FAU - Park, June-Soo
AU  - Park JS
AD  - Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Toxic Substances Control, 
      California Environmental Protection Agency , Berkeley, California 94710, United 
      States.
FAU - Voss, Robert W
AU  - Voss RW
FAU - McNeel, Sandra
AU  - McNeel S
FAU - Wu, Nerissa
AU  - Wu N
FAU - Guo, Tan
AU  - Guo T
FAU - Wang, Yunzhu
AU  - Wang Y
FAU - Israel, Leslie
AU  - Israel L
FAU - Das, Rupali
AU  - Das R
FAU - Petreas, Myrto
AU  - Petreas M
LA  - eng
GR  - 5U38EH000481-02/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
DEP - 20150218
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - N80BQ29A0H (decabromobiphenyl ether)
SB  - IM
MH  - California
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Firefighters
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*adverse effects
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
EDAT- 2015/02/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/18 06:00
CRDT- 2015/02/03 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/02/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es5055918 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Mar 3;49(5):2948-58. doi: 10.1021/es5055918. Epub 2015 
      Feb 18.