ArticleEnvironmental science & technology letters2023
Congener-Specific Emissions from Floors and Walls Characterize Indoor Airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyls.
Article in Environmental science & technology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between polychlorinated biphenyls and hypertension risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Twenty-Five Years of Research and Monitoring Using PUF Disk Passive Air Samplers.Environmental science & technology · 2026Review
- Widespread Emissions of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Building Materials in Vermont Schools.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Polychlorinated biphenyls induce immunometabolic switch of antiinflammatory macrophages toward an inflammatory phenotype.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Polyurethane Foam Emission Samplers to Identify Sources of Airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Glass-Block Windows and Other Room Surfaces in a Vermont School.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Congener-Specific Emissions from Floors and Walls Characterize Indoor Airborne Polychlorinated Biphenyls.Environmental science & technology letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
To reconcile the federal regulation of material polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations with recently implemented state regulations of airborne PCBs, there is a need to characterize the relationship between PCB emissions from surfaces and air concentrations. We hypothesized that the magnitude and congener distribution of emissions from floors and walls fully account for the airborne PCBs measured in rooms constructed during the height of PCB production and sales. We measured emissions of PCB congeners from various wall and floor materials using polyurethane foam passive emission samplers before and after hexane wiping. Our results revealed that PCB emissions from flooring adequately predicted the magnitude and congener distribution of PCBs observed in the room air. Emissions varied by material within a single building (5 × 10
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