Human biomonitoring of phthalate exposure in Austrian children and adults and cumulative risk assessment

Autor(en)

Christina Hartmann, Maria Uhl, Stefan Weiss, Holger M. Koch, Sigrid Scharf, Juergen Koenig

Abstrakt

Phthalates are a class of chemicals widely used as plasticisers in a multitude of common consumer products. Through contact with such products, people are regularly exposed to phthalates, which are suspected to contribute to adverse health effects, particularly in the reproductive system.
In the present study, 14 urinary phthalate metabolites of 10 parent phthalates were analysed by HPLC-MS/MS among the Austrian population aged 6-15 and 18-81 years in order to assess phthalate exposure. In the total study population, ranges of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations were n.d.-2,105 µg/l (median 24.5 µg/l) for monoethyl phthalate (MEP), n.d.-88 µg/l (10.3 µg/l) for mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP), n.d.-248 µg/l (27.7 µg/l) for mono-isobutyl phthalate (MiBP), n.d.-57 µg/l (1.82 µg/l) for mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP), n.d.-20 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), n.d.-80.0 µg/l (2.59 µg/l) for mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (5OH-MEHP), n.d.-57 µg/l (1.85 µg/l) for mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (5oxo-MEHP), n.d.-219 µg/l (11.1 µg/l) for mono-(5-carboxy-2-ethylpentyl) phthalate (5cx-MEPP), n.d.-188 µg/l (1.6 µg/l) for 3-carboxy-mono-proply phthalate (3cx-MPP), n.d.-5.5 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-cyclohexyl phthalate (MCHP), n.d.-4.5 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-n-pentyl phthalate (MnPeP), n.d.-3.4 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-n-octyl phthalate (MnOP), n.d.-13 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-isononyl phthalate (MiNP), and n.d.-1.1 µg/l (n.d.) for mono-isodecyl phthalate (MiDP). Generally, children exhibited higher levels of exposure to the majority of investigated phthalates, except to MEP, which was found in higher concentrations in adults and senior citizens with a maximum concentration of 2,105 µg/l. Individual daily intakes were estimated based on urinary creatinine and urinary volume excretion and were then compared to acceptable exposure levels, leading to the identification of exceedances of mainly the Tolerable Daily Intakes (TDI), especially among children. The execution of a cumulative risk assessment based on Hazard Indices showed cause for concern mainly for children, as well as in rare cases for adults.

Organisation(en)

Department für Ernährungswissenschaften

Externe Organisation(en)

Umweltbundesamt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)

Journal

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Band

218

Seiten

489-499

Anzahl der Seiten

11

ISSN

1438-4639

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.04.002

Publikationsdatum

07-2015

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

303009 Ernährungswissenschaften, 301211 Toxikologie, 303032 Umwelthygiene

Schlagwörter

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

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