PMID- 28763651
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180813
LR  - 20180813
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 609
DP  - 2017 Dec 31
TI  - Flame retardants on the surface of phones and personal computers.
PG  - 541-545
LID - S0048-9697(17)31906-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.202 [doi]
AB  - Mobile phones and personal computers (PCs) are essential products that are 
      frequently contacted in daily life. Thus, phones and computers containing flame 
      retardants (FRs) may play vital roles in human exposure to FRs. We measured 
      several FRs, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 
      1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), 
      tetrabromobisphenol (TBBPA), and phosphate flame retardants (PFRs), on the 
      surfaces of phones and PCs (laptop keyboards and mice). Triphenyl phosphate 
      (TPHP, 228pg/cm(2)) and tris(chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCIPP, 43pg/cm(2)) were 
      the most abundant chemicals on the surfaces of phones, while TPHP (65pg/cm(2)), 
      TCIPP (48pg/cm(2)), and DBDPE (22pg/cm(2)) were dominant on the surfaces of PCs. 
      The usage time and time after the production of the electronics were not 
      significantly correlated with the FR concentrations, except for that of BDE 209. 
      The concentrations of FRs differed on the surfaces of different brands of 
      electronics. Dermal contact with the surface of electronics may contribute to 
      human exposure to FRs, which should be of concern.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Zheng, Xiaobo
AU  - Zheng X
AD  - College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, 
      Guangzhou 510642, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Organic 
      Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and 
      Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of 
      Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China.
FAU - Sun, Runxia
AU  - Sun R
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of 
      Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Qiao, Lin
AU  - Qiao L
AD  - State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen 
      University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
FAU - Guo, Huiying
AU  - Guo H
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of 
      Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Zheng, Jing
AU  - Zheng J
AD  - Center for Environmental Health Research, South China Institute of Environmental 
      Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Guangzhou 510655, People's 
      Republic of China.
FAU - Mai, Bixian
AU  - Mai B
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of 
      Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of 
      China. Electronic address: nancymai@gig.ac.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170727
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Cell Phone
MH  - Environmental Exposure/*analysis
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Microcomputers
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dermal contact
OT  - Flame retardants
OT  - Mobile phones
OT  - Personal computers
EDAT- 2017/08/02 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/08/02 06:00
PHST- 2017/05/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/07/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/07/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(17)31906-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.202 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 31;609:541-545. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.202. 
      Epub 2017 Jul 27.