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Dermal uptake from clothing of SVOCs not removed by laundering

  • Glenn Morrison
  • , Charles Weschler
  • , Gabriel Bekö
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
  • Technical University of Denmark

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Abstract

A current model of dermal uptake from clothing is applied to consider exposure implications of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) that sorb to clothes from indoor air but are not readily removed by laundering. Persistence of SVOCs on clothing results in much greater dermal uptake for high dermal permeability compounds, even in the case of lower-volatility, higher molecular weight compounds. Clothing that spends several months or years in a home is likely to approach equilibrium for a wide range of SVOCs, smoothing out differences in exposure due to removal by laundering. Based on the present analysis, exposure assessments that include dermal uptake may be simplified to applying a value of normalized uptake in the range of 0.05-0.2 mg/(μg/m3)/m2/day. This estimation only applies to compounds with high dermal permeability and low water solubility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018
PublisherInternational Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
ISBN (Electronic)9781713826514
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018 - Philadelphia, United States
Duration: 22 Jul 201827 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018

Conference

Conference15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia
Period22/07/1827/07/18

Keywords

  • Exposure
  • Partition coefficient
  • Skin
  • Sorption
  • Textiles

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