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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2015

Insights into PBDE Uptake, Body Burden, and Elimination Gained from Australian Age-Concentration Trends Observed Shortly after Peak Exposure.

Tenzing Gyalpo, Leisa-Maree Toms, Jochen F Mueller, Fiona A Harden, Martin Scheringer, Konrad Hungerbühler

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Tenzing GyalpoSafety and Environmental Technology Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland.
Leisa-Maree Toms
Jochen F Mueller
Fiona A Harden
Martin Scheringer
Konrad Hungerbühler

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Abstract

backgroundPopulation pharmacokinetic models combined with multiple sets of age-concentration biomonitoring data facilitate back-calculation of chemical uptake rates from biomonitoring data.

objectivesWe back-calculated uptake rates of PBDEs for the Australian population from multiple biomonitoring surveys (top-down) and compared them with uptake rates calculated from dietary intake estimates of PBDEs and PBDE concentrations in dust (bottom-up).

methodsUsing three sets of PBDE elimination half-lives, we applied a population pharmacokinetic model to the PBDE biomonitoring data measured between 2002-2003 and 2010-2011 to derive the top-down uptake rates of four key PBDE congeners and six age groups. For the bottom-up approach, we used PBDE concentrations measured around 2005.

resultsTop-down uptake rates of Σ4BDE (the sum of BDEs 47, 99, 100, and 153) varied from 7.9 to 19 ng/kg/day for toddlers and from 1.2 to 3.0 ng/kg/day for adults; in most cases, they were--for all age groups--higher than the bottom-up uptake rates. The discrepancy was largest for toddlers with factors up to 7-15 depending on the congener. Despite different elimination half-lives of the four congeners, the age-concentration trends showed no increase in concentration with age and were similar for all congeners.

conclusionsIn the bottom-up approach, PBDE uptake is underestimated; currently known pathways are not sufficient to explain measured PBDE concentrations, especially in young children. Although PBDE exposure of toddlers has declined in the past years, pre- and postnatal exposure to PBDEs has remained almost constant because the mothers' PBDE body burden has not yet decreased substantially.

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Environmental ExposureAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAir PollutantsAustraliaBody BurdenChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDustEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleFood ContaminationAir PollutantsDustEnvironmental PollutantsHalogenated Diphenyl Ethers

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PMCPMC4590757

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