Biomonitoring of Polybrominated Dioxins & Furans, Polychlorinated Dioxins & Furans, and Dioxin Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Vietnamese Female Electronic Waste Recyclers

Authors

Jenevieve S. Peecher, University of ColoradoFollow
Arnold J. Schecter, University of Louisville
Helen Lu, University of Louisville
Hoang Trong Quynh, Centre for Ecologically Sustainable Agriculture
Arnold Stromberg, University of KentuckyFollow
Jiaying Weng, University of KentuckyFollow
Riley Crandall, Texas A&M University
Linda S. Birnbaum, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Abstract

Objective: E-waste is rising globally. This is a follow up to our study reporting metals/polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE’s)/polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in female e-waste recyclers. Here we report polybrominated, polychlorinated dioxins/furans, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in these same workers. Methods: Female Vietnamese recyclers and non-recyclers recruited; blood samples collected. Polybrominated, polychlorinated dioxins/ furans, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls levels compared in recyclers, non-recyclers, and National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). Results: Recyclers >non-recyclers: 12378-PBDD, 2378-TBDF, 12378-PCDF, 123478-HxCDF, 123678-HxCDF, 1234678-HpCDF, PCB-126. Non-recyclers >NHANES: 123478-HxCDF, 123678-HxCDF, 234678- HxCDF, PCB-126, PCB-169. NHANES >non-recyclers: 12378-PCDD, 123478-HxCDD, 123678-HxCDD, 123789-HxCDD, 1234678-HpCDD, 123789-HxCDF, 1234678-HpCDF, 1234789-HpCDF, OCDF, PCB-81, PCB-114, PCB-156, PCB-157, PCB-167, PCB-189. Recyclers >NHANES: S: 2378-TeCDF, 12378-PCDF, 23478-PCDF, 123478-HxCDF, 123678- HxCDF, 234678-HxCDF, PCB-126. NHANES >recyclers: 12378-PCDD, 123478-HxCDD, 123678-HxCDD, 123789-HxCDD, 1234678-HpCDD, OCDD, 123789-HxCDF, 1234678-HpCDF, 1234789-HpCDF, OCDF, PCB- 81, PCB-114, PCB-156, PCB-157, PCB-189. Conclusion: 12378 PCDD, 2378-TCDD, PCB 126 makeup most total dioxin equivalences (TEQs) in AQ5 these workers, indicating increased exposure; remediation indicated.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2022

Notes/Citation Information

Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002506

Funding Information

This research was partially funded by the intramural research program of the National Cancer Institute, NIH ZIA BC 011476, Summer Research Scholar Program at University of Louisville, NIH-NIEHS P42ES007380/NIH- NIGMS P20GM103436, and University of Louisville Summer Research Scholars Program Grant.

Repository Citation

Peecher, Jenevieve S.; Schecter, Arnold J.; Lu, Helen; Quynh, Hoang Trong; Stromberg, Arnold; Weng, Jiaying; Crandall, Riley; and Birnbaum, Linda S., "Biomonitoring of Polybrominated Dioxins & Furans, Polychlorinated Dioxins & Furans, and Dioxin Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Vietnamese Female Electronic Waste Recyclers" (2022). Statistics Faculty Publications. 36.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/statistics_facpub/36