Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in air and dust from electronic waste storage facilities in Thailand

Dudsadee Muenhor; Stuart Harrad; N Ali; A Covaci

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.002

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in air and dust from electronic waste storage facilities in Thailand

Dudsadee Muenhor, Stuart Harrad, N Ali, A Covaci

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This study reports concentrations of brominated flame retardants in dust samples (n = 25) and in indoor (n = 5) and outdoor air (n = 10) (using PUF disk passive air samplers) from 5 electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) storage facilities in Thailand. Concentrations of Sigma 10PBDEs (BDEs 17, 28, 47, 49, 66, 85, 99, 100, 153 and 154) in outdoor air in the vicinity of e-waste storage facilities ranged from 8 to 150 pg m(-3). Indoor air concentrations ranged from 46 to 350 pg m-3, with highest concentrations found in a personal computer and printer waste storage room at an e-waste storage facility. These are lower than reported previously for electronic waste treatment facilities in China, Sweden, and the US. Concentrations of Sigma 21PBDEs (Sigma 10PBDEs + BDEs 181. 183, 184, 191, 196,197, 203, 206, 207, 208 and 209), decabromodiphenylethane (DBDPE), decabromobiphenyl (BB-209) in dust were 320-290,000, 43-8700 and

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	690-698
Number of pages	9
Journal	Environment International
Volume	36
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2010

Keywords

Decabromodiphenylethane (DBDPE)
E-waste
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
Air
Decabromobiphenyl (BB-209)
Dust

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