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ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2018

Metabolites of the alkyl pyrrolidone solvents NMP and NEP in 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank from 1991 to 2014.

Nadin Ulrich, Daniel Bury, Holger M Koch, Maria Rüther, Till Weber, Heiko-Udo Käfferlein, Tobias Weiss, Thomas Brüning, Marike Kolossa-Gehring

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Article in International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2018. 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 1 paper.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nadin UlrichInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany.
Daniel BuryInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany. bury@ipa-dguv.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-3133
Holger M KochInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8328-2837
Maria RütherGerman Environment Agency (UBA), Corrensplatz 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Till WeberGerman Environment Agency (UBA), Corrensplatz 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Heiko-Udo KäfferleinInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5150-4979
Tobias WeissInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany.
Thomas BrüningInstitute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bürkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-5464
Marike Kolossa-GehringGerman Environment Agency (UBA), Corrensplatz 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine · DEGerman Environment Agency · DEHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DE

Funding

German Environment Agency/Umweltbundesamt (UBA) 3714 622006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to get a first overview of the exposure to the solvents and reproductive toxicants N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP) in Germany. NMP and NEP metabolite concentrations were determined in 540 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank collected from 1991 to 2014. With these data we were able to investigate NMP/NEP exposures over time and to evaluate associated risks.

methodsNMP metabolites 5-hydroxy-N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (5-HNMP) and 2-hydroxy-N-methylsuccinimide (2-HMSI) and NEP metabolites 5-hydroxy-N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (5-HNEP) and 2-hydroxy-N-ethylsuccinimide (2-HESI) were determined by stable isotope dilution analysis using solid phase extraction followed by derivatization (silylation) and GC-EI-MS/MS.

resultsWe were able to quantify 5-HNMP and 2-HMSI in 98.0 and 99.6% and 5-HNEP and 2-HESI in 34.8 and 75.7% of the samples. Metabolite concentrations were rather steady over the timeframe investigated, even for NEP which has been introduced as an NMP substitute only in the last decade. Calculated median daily intakes in 2014 were 2.7 µg/kg bw/day for NMP and 1.1 µg/kg bw/day for NEP. For the combined risk assessment of NMP and NEP exposure, the hazard index based on the human biomonitoring assessment I values (HBM I values) was less than 0.1.

conclusionsBased on the investigated subpopulation of the German population, individual and combined NMP and NEP exposures were within acceptable ranges in the investigated timeframe. Sources of NEP exposure in the 90s and 00s remain elusive.

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AdultBiological Specimen BanksEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleGermanyHazardous SubstancesHumansMalePyrrolidinonesSolventsTandem Mass SpectrometryYoung AdultHazardous SubstancesN-ethyl-2-pyrrolidoneN-methylpyrrolidonePyrrolidinonesSolventsExposure assessmentGerman Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)Human biomonitoringN-Ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP)N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)Urinary metabolites

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PMID30167791
PMCPMC6908567
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