Persistent organic pollutants in dust from older homes: Learning from lead

T.P. Whitehead, C. Metayer, M.H. Ward, J.S. Colt, R.B. Gunier, N.C. Deziel, S.M. Rappaport and P.A. Buffler

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 7, 1320-1326

Abstract: Objectives. We aimed to (1) evaluate the relation between home age and concentrations of multiple chemical contaminants in settled dust and (2) discuss the feasibility of using lead hazard controls to reduce children's exposure to persistent organic pollutants. Methods. As part of the California Childhood Leukemia Study, from 2001 to 2007, we used a high-volume small surface sampler and household vacuum cleaners to collect dust samples from 583 homes and analyzed the samples for 94 chemicals with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We evaluated relations between chemical concentrations in dust and home age with Spearman rank correlation coefficients. Results. Dust concentrations of lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine insecticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were correlated with home age (q > 0.2; P

Keywords: hydrocarbon; insecticide; lead, article; dust; environmental exposure; housing; human; indoor air pollution; mass fragmentography; socioeconomics; statistics; time; United States, Air Pollution, Indoor; California; Dust; Environmental Exposure; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Housing; Humans; Hydrocarbons; Insecticides; Lead; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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