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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2024 Feb 24;353:141528. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141528

Table 2.

Geometric mean (GM) concentrations of select organic environmental chemicals leached from various human specimen collection and storage devices in 100% methanol (N = 1020).

Typea mEPb mIBP/mBP mEHP DNBP/DIBP DPhP TEP TNBP/TIBP TCEP TPhP TBOEP BADG-2H2O MeP EtP PrP BP-3 BPA BPS
ng/mL
1-mL cryovials 0.37 11 0.65 0.07 0.18 0.10 0.13
2-mL cryovials 0.13 0.13 0.23 0.03 0.01
2-mL cryovials, ext
3-mL cryovials 0.04 2.81 0.11 0.02 0.05 0.01 0.03 1.6
10-mL cryovials
18g needle 0.02
21g needle 0.03 0.01 0.17 0.42 0.08 0.13
22g needle 0.04 0.02 0.51 0.02 0.35
23g needle 0.01 0.08 0.05 0.10 0.14 0.02 0.07 BDL0 0.10
centrifuge tube 0.04
collection bottle 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.20 0.08 1.2 0.01 0.04
cotton pad 14 2.9 0.67 3.6 5.6 2.9 4.5 6.8 13 7.2 0.46 1.2
fine tip transfer pipette 1.90 1.62 1.4 0.96
k2edta tube 0.06
syringe 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
redtop serum tube 0.06 0.02
smco Specimen Cup
toilet hat 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.01
transfer pipette 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06
ng/sample
biohazard bag 8.76 4.87 21.61 17000 12 89 0.76 38 1.4
biohazard specimen gag 1.67 110 3.3 0.40 3.43 0.32 1.1 0.34
leakproof bag 0.77 330 4.6 0.68 4.53 0.88 0.17 2.1 1.1
diaper 3.4 3.81 5.7 10 1.5 7.7 2.3 1.6 1.06 4.9 3.0
glove 0.99 82 53 0.58 11 1.0 0.45 1.6

BDL: Below detection limits.

a

For sample type details see Table S2.

b

For chemical names see Table S1.