An Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures Using Silicone Wristbands Among Bangladeshi Youth

Margaret Quaid, Syed Emdadul Haque, Tariqul Islam, Mohammad Hasan Shahriar, Golam Sarwar, Alauddin Ahmed, Steven O’Connell, Farzana Jasmine, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Habibul Ahsan and Maria Argos ()
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Margaret Quaid: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Syed Emdadul Haque: UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Tariqul Islam: UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Mohammad Hasan Shahriar: Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Golam Sarwar: UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Alauddin Ahmed: UChicago Research Bangladesh, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Steven O’Connell: MyExposome, Inc., Corvallis, OR 97333, USA
Farzana Jasmine: Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Muhammad G. Kibriya: Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Habibul Ahsan: Institute for Population and Precision Health, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Maria Argos: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: Residents of Bangladesh are exposed to numerous chemicals due to local industries, including dyeing mills, cotton mills, and the use of biomass in daily cooking. It is, therefore, important to characterize the exposome and work to identify risk factors of exposure. We used silicone wristband passive samplers to evaluate exposure to volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in a sample of 40 children in the Araihazar upazila of Bangladesh. We used stepwise linear regression models to determine which demographic, exposure, diet, and socioeconomic factors best predict exposure to single chemicals and classes of chemicals. Male sex at birth was associated with a decrease in the number of chemicals detected above their median concentration (β = −2.42; 95%CI: −5.24, 0.399), as was ownership of a flush toilet (β = −3.26; 95%CI: −6.61, 0.097). Increased body mass index (β = 1.81; 95%CI: 0.587, 3.03), father’s smoking (β = 2.74; 95%CI: −0.0113, 5.49), and father’s employment in the garment industry (β = 3.14; 95%CI: 0.209, 6.07) were each associated with an increase in the average number of chemicals detected above their median concentration. The observed results motivate future evaluation with health outcomes of these exposures.

Keywords: exposome; volatile organic compounds; silicone wristband personal monitoring; wearable sensor; Bangladesh; children; multipollutant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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