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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Apr 8;47(9):4449–4454. doi: 10.1021/es400032v

Table 3.

Comparison of V6 Levels in House Dust and Car Dust with Other FRs (commonly used in polyurethane foam) Detected in Other Studies in the US

	House dust (ng/g)			Car dust (ng/g)

	Range	GM	Sampling Year	Range	GM	Sampling Year
TPP	< 150 – 1,798,000²³	7360	2006	NA^a	NA	NA
TCEP	330 – 110,000²⁵	2700^b	2011	< 20 – 50,120 (This study)	1,466	2009
TCPP	< 140 – 5,490²³	572	2006	NA	NA	NA
TDCPP	< 90 – 56,090²³	1890	2006	< 30 – 326,000²⁶	12,500	2009

PentaBDE^c	141 – 61,300²⁷	2170	2009	151– 137,350²⁴	1,779	NA
PentaBDE^c	141 – 61,300²⁷	2170	2009	110 – 44,300²⁷	2,610	2009
TBB	< 450 – 75,000²³	840	2006	NA	NA	NA
TBPH	< 300 – 47,110²³	650	2006	NA	NA	NA
“V6”	< 5 – 1,117 (This study)	12^b	2009	< 5 – 6,160 (This study)	103	2009

^a

NA indicates not available.

^b

Median was used.

^c

PentaBDE is Sum of BDE 28/33, 47, 99, 100, and 153.

^d

< LOQ indicates below limit of quantification.