SynthesisEnvironmental science & technology2016
Consumer Product Chemicals in Indoor Dust: A Quantitative Meta-analysis of U.S. Studies.
Synthesis in Environmental science & technology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 70 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
70 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characterizing the Contribution of Indoor Residential Phthalate and Phthalate Alternative Dust Concentrations to Internal Dose in the US General Population: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of the use of silicone wristbands for environmental exposure assessment, with a focus on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Inhalation of two Prop 65-listed chemicals within vehicles may be associated with increased cancer risk.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- Breastfeeding as a Predictor of Serum Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances in Reproductive-Aged Women and Young Children: A Rapid Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2018Pooled it
- Developmental PBDE Exposure and IQ/ADHD in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of a housing intervention to reduce endocrine disrupting chemical exposures in children.Environment international · 2024Trial
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- A transdisciplinary process-oriented approach to evaluate infant exposure to indoor dust.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- The Role of the Indoor Exposome in Food Allergy Development.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2026Review
- Exploratory assessment of preconception phthalate exposure on pregnancy and offspring health outcomes in mice.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Integrating Monitoring and Biomonitoring Data with Mechanistic Models to Better Estimate and Characterize Aggregate Human Exposures to Semivolatile Organic Chemicals.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Association of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations with inflammatory biomarker levels among pregnant women.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Identifying differences in U.S. exposure to ubiquitous carcinogens.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Exposures to Contemporary and Emerging Chemicals among Children Aged 2 to 4 Years in the United States Environmental Influences on the Child Health Outcome (ECHO) Cohort.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
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- Unveiling the Hidden Threat: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Pollution's Distinct Traits and Crucial Impacts on Lung Function in Chinese Plateau Populations.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Breathing hazards: Perspective on the adverse health effects of organophosphate flame retardants.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2025Article
- IMPACT OF REAL-LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ON REPRODUCTION: Rodent reproductive behavior among males and females after exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Triphenyl Phosphate Alters Methyltransferase Expression and Induces Genome-Wide Aberrant DNA Methylation in Zebrafish Larvae.Chemical research in toxicology · 2024Article
- Moldable Plastics (Polycaprolactone) can be Acutely Toxic to Developing Zebrafish and Activate Nuclear Receptors in Mammalian Cells.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2024Article
10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Indoor dust is a reservoir for commercial consumer product chemicals, including many compounds with known or suspected health effects. However, most dust exposure studies measure few chemicals in small samples. We systematically searched the U.S. indoor dust literature on phthalates, replacement flame retardants (RFRs), perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), synthetic fragrances, and environmental phenols and estimated pooled geometric means (GMs) and 95% confidence intervals for 45 chemicals measured in ≥3 data sets. In order to rank and contextualize these results, we used the pooled GMs to calculate residential intake from dust ingestion, inhalation, and dermal uptake from air, and then identified hazard traits from the Safer Consumer Products Candidate Chemical List. Our results indicate that U.S. indoor dust consistently contains chemicals from multiple classes. Phthalates occurred in the highest concentrations, followed by phenols, RFRs, fragrance, and PFASs. Several phthalates and RFRs had the highest residential intakes. We also found that many chemicals in dust share hazard traits such as reproductive and endocrine toxicity. We offer recommendations to maximize comparability of studies and advance indoor exposure science. This information is critical in shaping future exposure and health studies, especially related to cumulative exposures, and in providing evidence for intervention development and public policy.
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