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Wastewater monitoring of a community COVID-19 outbreak in a Spanish municipality 西班牙一市新冠肺炎社区爆发的废水监测

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.05

María Barberá-Riera, R. Llanos, M. Barneo-Muñoz, L. Bijlsma, A. Celma, Iñaki Comas, B. Gomila, F. González-Candelas, Rafael Goterris-Cerisuelo, Fernando Martínez-García, Ernesto Santateresa, M. Torres-Puente, N. Zamorano-López, Rafael Bretón-Ramos, Eduardo Aguilar-Perdiguer, M. Rebagliato, J. Bellido-Blasco, Félix Hernández

{"title":"Wastewater monitoring of a community COVID-19 outbreak in a Spanish municipality","authors":"María Barberá-Riera, R. Llanos, M. Barneo-Muñoz, L. Bijlsma, A. Celma, Iñaki Comas, B. Gomila, F. González-Candelas, Rafael Goterris-Cerisuelo, Fernando Martínez-García, Ernesto Santateresa, M. Torres-Puente, N. Zamorano-López, Rafael Bretón-Ramos, Eduardo Aguilar-Perdiguer, M. Rebagliato, J. Bellido-Blasco, Félix Hernández","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.05","url":null,"abstract":"Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) wastewater surveillance has become an increasingly important tool since the initial moments of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, mainly conducted at a large population scale. However, the large-sized sewersheds may not provide suitable information for monitoring localized outbreaks. After the declaration of a community COVID-19 outbreak in two neighborhoods of Castellón (Spain), SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels were monitored in wastewater samples. Moreover, genomic sequencing was performed. Thirty-three samples were collected in 2020, distributed over three points of the sewage network, two of which were close to the areas where the cases were declared. The third point was located at the inlet of the municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The samples were analyzed by RT-qPCR, using specific N1 and N2 target regions. The sum of confirmed cases, with the date of symptoms onset within the 3 weeks before each sampling day, was calculated. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected on most days in the two sampling points at neighborhood level, and the detection became negative when the number of cases with symptoms onset during the last 21 days in the study areas decreased to 0 or 1 case. The genomic sequencing performed for RNA from wastewater and clinical samples showed the same variant. The detection of SARS-CoV-2 and the subsequent non-detection provided the epidemiologists in charge of controlling the outbreak with useful information to confirm its closure, complementing the clinical and epidemiological data. Our findings illustrate the value of wastewater surveillance for localized outbreaks, especially in situations of low incidence of COVID-19 at the broader community level.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46724832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Arsenic and arsenic species in MOD, POD, and disposable POD electronic cigarette aerosols: a pilot study. MOD 型、POD 型和一次性 POD 型电子香烟气溶胶中的砷和砷物种：一项试点研究。

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-04-27 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.03

Mina W Tehrani, Angela D Ahererra, Stefan Tanda, Rui Chen, Aryan Borole, Walter Goessler, Ana M Rule

{"title":"Arsenic and arsenic species in MOD, POD, and disposable POD electronic cigarette aerosols: a pilot study.","authors":"Mina W Tehrani, Angela D Ahererra, Stefan Tanda, Rui Chen, Aryan Borole, Walter Goessler, Ana M Rule","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.03","DOIUrl":"10.20517/jeea.2023.03","url":null,"abstract":"The growing popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cig) has raised questions about the health effects of e-cig use, or vaping. Previous studies have reported on the potential of exposure to arsenic (As) and other metal(loid)s from vaping, but little is known about the speciation of As in the inhaled aerosols, an important determinant of toxicity. Inorganic As (iAs) species AsIII and AsV are generally more hazardous than organic As species. This study aimed to investigate total and speciated As in condensed aerosols of popular commercial e-cig products and to compare them with regulatory exposure limits. High-performance liquid chromatography and inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry were used for As measurements of e-cig aerosol condensates. The analysis included samples from three types of e-cig devices: MODs, PODs, and disposable pod (d-POD) devices. iAs species were identified in all 23 analyzed e-cig aerosol condensate samples, with the highest aerosol concentrations measured in MODs. The geometric mean (range) iAs concentration of 2.3 (1.2-5.1) μg/m3 observed in MOD devices in this study exceeded the recommended exposure limit of 2 μg/m3 for 15-min or shorter inhalation exposures set by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. These preliminary results suggest that iAs species are present in inhalable aerosols of some MOD products at levels above regulatory limits for iAs inhalation.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11382129/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The metabolism of novel flame retardants and the internal exposure and toxicity of their major metabolites in fauna - a review 新型阻燃剂的代谢及其主要代谢物在动物体内的暴露和毒性研究进展

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.08

Rui Hou, Chuansheng Sun, Siqi Zhang, Qianyi Huang, Shan Liu, Lang Lin, Hengxiang Li, Xiangrong Xu

{"title":"The metabolism of novel flame retardants and the internal exposure and toxicity of their major metabolites in fauna - a review","authors":"Rui Hou, Chuansheng Sun, Siqi Zhang, Qianyi Huang, Shan Liu, Lang Lin, Hengxiang Li, Xiangrong Xu","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.08","url":null,"abstract":"The worldwide production and usage of novel flame retardants increase their exposure to non-human fauna. Animals can accumulate and metabolize these novel flame retardants including novel halogenated flame retardants (NHFRs) and organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), which is of considerable significance to their internal exposure and final toxicities. In this review, recent studies on the metabolic pathways and kinetics of the two classes of novel flame retardants and the internal exposure and toxicity of their major metabolites are summarized. The results showed that the metabolic pathways of OPFRs were similar among various animals, while the metabolism kinetics (or toxicokinetics) were variable among species. O-dealkylation, hydroxylation and phase II conjunction were the most likely pathways for OPFRs. NHFRs might be metabolized through the pathways of debromination, hydroxylation, dealkylation, and phase II conjunction. We also suggested that di-alkyl phosphates (DAPs) and hydroxylated OPFRs (OH-OPFRs) were the predominant metabolites in the animal body. DAPs, 2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoic acid (TBBA) and 2-ethylhexyl tetrabromophthalate (TBMEHP) have relatively higher internal exposure levels in fauna, which might attribute to their high conversion rate and stability in the body. The metabolism of OPFRs and NHFRs in non-human animals may eliminate their acute toxicity but not their chronic toxicities (especially for endocrine-disrupting effects), which suggests attention should also be paid to the major metabolites. Based on the issues mentioned above, we proposed that the metabolic processes in multitrophic organisms, the transfer of major metabolites across the food web, and the co-exposure of the novel flame retardants and their metabolites in fauna are worth studying in the future.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Variation in metal concentration across tree organs and stands: implications for reference specimen development 金属浓度在树木器官和林分上的变化:对参考标本发育的影响

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.09

G. O’Sullivan, Kevin Hayes, Alex Ursino, E. Hart

{"title":"Variation in metal concentration across tree organs and stands: implications for reference specimen development","authors":"G. O’Sullivan, Kevin Hayes, Alex Ursino, E. Hart","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.09","url":null,"abstract":"Air pollution is a major environmental and public health issue in urban areas. Biomonitoring using trees has been widely used to determine atmospheric pollution due to its advantages of low cost, high spatial distribution, and accumulation of a wide range of air contaminants. However, challenges exist in applying the data obtained from biomonitoring trees, including differences in pollutant concentrations in samples of the same species from different locations, and the influence of biological and environmental parameters on metal accumulation. This study aims to inform the design of biomonitoring sampling for urban air quality studies and increase their applications to exposure assessment. Specifically, the study evaluates the variation in metal concentration in tree organs of two regionally relevant tree species (Picea pungens and Populus Alba), explores the implications of different aspects of field sampling, such as variation within tree stands, tree age, and develops a reference specimen to establish threshold values for differentiating between background levels and increased exposure. The results provide insight into the complexity of using biomonitoring trees for exposure assessment and the importance of considering multiple factors in study design.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Factors affecting the levels and pathways of atmospheric brominated flame retardant uptake by humans in different weather conditions 影响人类在不同天气条件下对大气中溴化阻燃剂吸收水平和途径的因素

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2022.30

Peng-Tuan Hu, Shi-Min Zhong, Dong-Hai Liu, Liang Wang, Hao Yu, Zhiguo Cao, Yi-Fan Li

{"title":"Factors affecting the levels and pathways of atmospheric brominated flame retardant uptake by humans in different weather conditions","authors":"Peng-Tuan Hu, Shi-Min Zhong, Dong-Hai Liu, Liang Wang, Hao Yu, Zhiguo Cao, Yi-Fan Li","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2022.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2022.30","url":null,"abstract":"The health risks posed by atmospheric brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been widely studied, but there remains a lack of clarity about exposure differences between clear days and haze days. We sampled the total suspended particle (TSP) and gaseous BFRs on clear days in summer, clear days in winter, and haze days in winter in Harbin, China, to investigate the variations in the concentrations and intakes (dermal and inhalation) in the different weather conditions. The concentrations of atmospheric BFRs were highest on haze days in winter (185 pg/m3), followed by clear days in summer (158 pg/m3), and clear days in winter (79.2 pg/m3), and these concentrations were significantly correlated with the concentrations of TSP. The human intake in the different weather conditions followed the pattern of the BFR concentrations, and the human intake of atmospheric BFRs was dominated by inhalation. A comparison of the BFR levels showed that the human intake of gaseous and particulate BFRs varied in the three weather conditions and that the inhalation intake, but not the dermal intake, was influenced under high concentrations of gaseous BFRs with low molecular weight.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of smart technologies in wastewater-based epidemiology 智能技术在基于废水的流行病学中的作用

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.16

José Gonçalves

{"title":"The role of smart technologies in wastewater-based epidemiology","authors":"José Gonçalves","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.16","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the role of smart technologies in advancing Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for enhanced disease surveillance. Disease surveillance is crucial for monitoring and controlling infectious diseases, and WBE provides a complementary approach by analyzing wastewater to identify and track pathogens. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WBE has been successfully used to detect and monitor SARS-CoV-2 in various types of wastewater, providing early warning of outbreaks and identifying emerging hotspots. However, WBE faces challenges such as the need for specialized equipment and sensitive methodologies. To overcome these limitations, biosensors have been developed, offering high sensitivity, specificity, and rapid results. Electrochemical biosensors are particularly promising for WBE due to their real-time connectivity, low-cost design, and wireless data collection, despite their limitations. Integration of smart sensors into the Internet of Things (IoT) enables seamless data integration and real-time monitoring. Furthermore, the widespread use of smartphones presents an opportunity to revolutionize smart diagnostics by leveraging their features for data analysis and communication.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Occurrence and distribution of several endocrine-disrupting chemicals in a chemical park: exploring the health risks of multiple pollutants 某化工园区几种内分泌干扰物的发生与分布:探讨多种污染物对健康的危害

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2022.34

Qingqing Zhu, Minrui Fang, Xin Wang, Chunyang Liao, G. Jiang

{"title":"Occurrence and distribution of several endocrine-disrupting chemicals in a chemical park: exploring the health risks of multiple pollutants","authors":"Qingqing Zhu, Minrui Fang, Xin Wang, Chunyang Liao, G. Jiang","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2022.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2022.34","url":null,"abstract":"Triclosan (TCS), triclocarban (TCC), parabens, bisphenols (BPAs), tetrabromobisphenol A and its alternatives (TBBPAs), and phthalate esters (PAEs) are typical endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which have received increasing attention due to their potential adverse effects on ecological and human health. Human exposure to these EDCs is widespread. However, data regarding the distribution and related health risks of multiple EDCs in chemical parks are relatively scarce. In this study, 28 EDCs were determined in surface soil, sediment, and sludge samples collected from the Yangkou Chemical Industrial Park (Jiangsu, China). With the exception of TBBPAs, the distributions of Σ(TCS + TCC), Σ6parabens, Σ8BPAs, and Σ9PAEs in environmental media were as follows: sludge > sediment ≥ soil. No obvious differences were found regarding the concentrations of Σ9PAEs within the soil samples. Higher levels of Σ(TCS + TCC) (186 μg kg-1 dw) and Σ3TBBPAs (154 μg kg-1 dw) were found in the soil near a chemical manufacturer and the main sewage outlet of a wastewater treatment plant, respectively. The non-carcinogenic risks of EDCs from soil were estimated, and the risk levels were found to be a few orders of magnitude lower than the reported reference dose (RfD) values. The hazard indexes for all the samples were smaller than one, suggesting that the chemical industrial park posed a low risk to the workers. Additionally, the mass inventories of Σ(TCS + TCC), Σ6parabens, Σ8BPAs, Σ3TBBPAs, and Σ9PAEs were estimated to be 507, 90.6, 133, 20.7, and 1090 kg, respectively. These findings help to establish baseline concentrations for EDCs in soil, sediment, and sludge in a chemical industrial park.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Health risk assessment of BTEX exposure at roadside and on-road traveling route in Bangkok Metropolitan Region 曼谷都市圈道路及道路交通路线接触BTEX的健康风险评估

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2022.38

J. Kongpran, N. T. Kim Oanh, Nguyen Thanh Hang

{"title":"Health risk assessment of BTEX exposure at roadside and on-road traveling route in Bangkok Metropolitan Region","authors":"J. Kongpran, N. T. Kim Oanh, Nguyen Thanh Hang","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2022.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2022.38","url":null,"abstract":"Exposure to high levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) poses health risks in high-traffic urban areas. BTEX exposure at two microenvironments, the roadside and along the traveling routes, within urban and suburban areas of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region was examined to assess cancer and noncancer risks. The lifetime cancer risk (LCR) for benzene and noncancer hazard index (HI) for all BTEX compounds were evaluated for adult male and female groups (drivers, passengers, and street vendors) in two scenarios: average case and worst case. With the assumption of negligible exposure outside the two considered microenvironments, the pickup drivers had the highest LCR and HI. Higher exposure risks were found in urban areas than in the suburbs and among men than females. Higher toluene levels were found at all monitoring sites in two microenvironments, but benzene was the most important in causing noncancer risk. The HI for all target groups ranged from 8.5E-03 to 4.0E-01, indicating a low noncancer risk from BTEX exposure (HI < 1). The LCR caused by benzene exposure ranged from 1.7E-06 to 7.2E-05, which is higher than the United States EPA most health-protective limit (1E-06). Further research should include other microenvironments by assessing the 24-hour exposure of all considered groups.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Organophosphate esters in indoor and outdoor air in Birmingham, UK: implications for human exposure 英国伯明翰室内和室外空气中的有机磷酸酯:对人体暴露的影响

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.20

Yessica Ortiz, S. Harrad

{"title":"Organophosphate esters in indoor and outdoor air in Birmingham, UK: implications for human exposure","authors":"Yessica Ortiz, S. Harrad","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.20","url":null,"abstract":"We report concentrations of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in air from living rooms, bedrooms, and offices in Birmingham, UK. To place concentrations in these commonly frequented indoor microenvironments in context, we also measured the same OPEs in air samples collected from an outdoor location on the University of Birmingham campus. Concentrations of tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCIPP), and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TnBP) in indoor air significantly exceeded (P > 0.05) those in outdoor air. In contrast, concentrations of tris(1,3-dichloroisopropyl) phosphate (TDCIPP), triphenyl phosphate (TPhP), and 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate (EHDPP) in indoor and outdoor air were statistically indistinguishable (P < 0.05). Comparison of estimates of human exposure via inhalation derived from our data with previous estimates of exposure via dust ingestion, diet, drinking water, and dermal contact with furniture reveals that inhalation is the most important contributor to aggregate UK adult exposure to TCIPP (85% exposure) and TCEP (67% exposure). While average aggregate exposures of UK adults were well below health-based reference dose values, continued evaluation of human exposure is recommended as high-end exposures of some individuals (e.g., those inhabiting microenvironments containing concentrations of TCIPP at the high end of the range reported here) likely exceed substantially average exposures.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67658226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cotton pillow samplers for assessment of thirdhand smoke in homes of smokers and nonsmokers with children 评估吸烟者和有孩子的非吸烟者家中三手烟的棉枕取样器

Journal of environmental exposure assessment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.20517/jeea.2023.28

Penelope J.E. Quintana, Nicolas Lopez-Galvez, Georg E. Matt, Ashley L. Merianos, Nathan G. Dodder, Eunha Hoh, Lara Stone, Chase A. Wullenweber, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens

{"title":"Cotton pillow samplers for assessment of thirdhand smoke in homes of smokers and nonsmokers with children","authors":"Penelope J.E. Quintana, Nicolas Lopez-Galvez, Georg E. Matt, Ashley L. Merianos, Nathan G. Dodder, Eunha Hoh, Lara Stone, Chase A. Wullenweber, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens","doi":"10.20517/jeea.2023.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20517/jeea.2023.28","url":null,"abstract":"Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is a major cause of illnesses in children and leaves a persistent and toxic residue indoors called thirdhand smoke (THS) that adheres to various surfaces, permeates materials, accumulates in household dust, and is subsequently re-emitted into the air. THS, like SHS, has been shown to contain multiple toxic chemicals, including carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). Children are highly susceptible to tobacco smoke pollutants, and simple methods for assessing children’s SHS and THS exposure are needed. Therefore, we evaluated the performance of a cotton pillow used as a passive sampler in homes of children with caregivers who smoke tobacco, with and without home smoking bans, as well as nonsmokers. We deployed a commercially available organic cotton travel pillow, which was left in the home for a median of 9.1 days. Pillow component nicotine levels were significantly higher in homes of smokers without a ban as compared to smokers and nonsmokers who had a ban (e.g., median pillowcase nicotine 337.7 ng/g per day vs. 72.5 ng/g per day and 0.1 ng/g per day, respectively) and differences were similar to those for air nicotine. Pillowcase TSNAs were detected mainly in the homes of smokers without a smoking ban. Pillow component (pillowcase, fabric, and filling) nicotine levels were highly correlated with air nicotine levels (rho = 0.76-0.88, all P < 0.001). Nicotine in the pillow components was also highly correlated with urinary cotinine in the children (rho = 0.65 to 0.81, all P < 0.001) and other measures of tobacco smoke exposure. Pillow performance as a sampler is promising, given the ease and simplicity of sample deployment.","PeriodicalId":73738,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental exposure assessment","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135659798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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