Role of Clothing in Exposure to Indoor Pollutants

Licina, Dusan; Bekö, Gabriel; Cao, Jianping

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5155-5_39-1

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“…In addition, the impact of clothing on children's dermal absorption [68,69] was not taken into account. Previous studies have indicated that dermal uptakes of phthalates could significantly increase when occupants wear phthalate-containing clothes [70][71][72]. Taken together, the modeled exposures in the present study might be a conservative estimation, indicating that Chinese children might be facing serious exposure to DEHP in kindergarten classrooms.…”

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Identification of Phthalates from Artificial Products in Chinese Kindergarten Classrooms and the Implications for Preschool Children’s Exposure Assessments

Wang

Yao

et al. 2022

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Phthalates are typical chemical pollutants in kindergarten classrooms since numerous artificial products (e.g., polyvinyl chloride (PVC) floorings, soft polymers and plastic toys) that might contain phthalates are widely distributed in kindergarten classrooms. Although Chinese preschool children spend a considerable amount of their waking hours (>8 h/day) in kindergartens, phthalate exposure in such indoor environment has not been given much attention. In this study, the mass fractions of six phthalates in twenty-six artificial products (fifteen flat decoration materials and eleven plastic toys) commonly found in Chinese kindergarten classrooms were measured. Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) was the most predominant compound in all materials. The emission characteristics of the DEHP from these materials were further investigated. The measured emission characteristics were used for predicting multi-phase DEHP concentrations in kindergarten classrooms by applying a mass transfer model. The modeled concentrations were comparable with those measured in the real environment, indicating that these products might be the major sources of DEHP in Chinese kindergarten classrooms. Preschool children’s exposure to DEHP was found to be 0.42 μg/kg/day in kindergartens under baseline conditions, accounting for 18% of the total exposure to DEHP in Chinese indoor environments.

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