Estimation of human exposure to styrene and ethylbenzene

Tang, Weici; Hemm, Ingrid; Eisenbrand, Gerhard

doi:10.1016/s0300-483x(99)00188-2

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“…Therefore, this study concluded that the production and subsequent styrene content in the samples is due both to the development and production by Penicillium roqueforti used as a "starter" in the preparation of Gorgonzola cheese, and from migration from the plastic material used for packaging. Similar results were obtained in a previous preliminary study that analyzed samples of various types of cheese to evaluate the packaged and unpackaged products (Tang et al 2000). The dangerous effect of styrene is mainly due to its metabolite, the corresponding epoxide, which is recognized in the literature as mutagenic (Flanjak and Sharrad 1984).…”

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confidence: 85%

Determination of styrene content in Gorgonzola PDO cheese by headspace solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) and gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS)

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Control of the composition of products that are intended for use as packaging material is essential, particularly when these products come into direct contact with food. It is well known that plastics are not inert and that their residual monomers, starting substances, and additives are able to migrate into the food they contact. Among plastics, styrene is a common compound found in many plastic containers that can also be produced by the oxidation of Penicillium roqueforti used in gorgonzola Protected Denomination of Origin cheese manufacturing. Therefore, solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry was applied in the present work to determine the styrene content in packaged and unpackaged gorgonzola cheese samples to understand styrene migration phenomena from plastic containers.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Determination of styrene content in Gorgonzola PDO cheese by headspace solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) and gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS)

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“…the corresponding epoxide, which is a mutagenic compound (Ehret-Henry et al 1994). The literature shows (Flanjak and Sharrad 1984;Adda et al 1989;Tang et al 2000) that the concentration of "original" styrene in milk and cheese is low (0.1 ppb). This result was confirmed from most of the samples analyzed in this study, except for samples 6 and 7 (samples of gorgonzola), i.e.…”

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Release of ethylbenzene and styrene from plastic cheese containers

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“…Factors considered in the analyses were residential occupancy time, time spent at residence/day, hr/day spent outdoors and indoors, movement of contaminants from outdoor to indoor air, contaminant decay in indoor air, and air exchange rate at residence. Tang (2000) estimated styrene exposures in the German population. Diet and ambient air were considered to be the main sources of styrene exposure.…”

Section: Human Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%