Emerging and Legacy Flame Retardants in UK Indoor Air and Dust: Evidence for Replacement of PBDEs by Emerging Flame Retardants?

Fang Tao; Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah; Stuart Harrad

doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02816

doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02816

Emerging and Legacy Flame Retardants in UK Indoor Air and Dust: Evidence for Replacement of PBDEs by Emerging Flame Retardants?

Fang Tao

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Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah

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Stuart Harrad

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Environmental Science & Technology11.40

Volume: 50, Issue: 23, Pages: 13052 - 13061

Published: Nov 9, 2016

Abstract

Concentrations of 27 emerging (EFRs) and legacy flame retardants (LFRs) were measured in samples of indoor air (n = 35) and indoor dust (n = 77) from UK homes and offices. All target compounds were detected in indoor air and dust samples. Relatively volatile EFRs (e.g., tetrabromoethylcyclohexane-DBE-DBCH) were more frequently detected in indoor air (detection frequencies >60%), while less volatile EFRs (e.g.,...