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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr A. 2018 Dec 21;1588:41–47. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.12.041

Table 2.

Detection frequencies (D.F., %), median (Med), minimum (Min), and maximum (Max) levels (ng) for the most abundant compounds measured in deployed wristbands (WB). The results shown for WB 8, 9, and 10 are the averages of the compound levels in duplicate pairs.

Compounds D.F.
(%)
Med Min Max WB 1 WB 2 WB 3 WB 4 WB 5 WB 6 WB 7 WB 8 WB 9 WB 10
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
BDE-17 100 0.19 0.09 1.94 0.09 0.61 0.31 0.10 0.11 0.76 0.13 1.94 0.25 0.13
BDE-28 100 0.80 0.26 7.16 0.26 2.11 1.45 0.44 0.58 3.97 0.69 7.16 0.90 0.43
BDE-47 100 27.3 6.11 200 6.11 73.8 46.7 11.5 14.5 132 16.1 200 38.5 13.1
BDE-49 100 2.03 0.39 7.80 0.39 5.24 2.05 1.00 0.98 5.46 2.00 7.80 5.08 0.70
BDE-66 100 0.71 0.12 4.88 0.12 2.03 1.00 0.28 0.33 3.15 0.42 4.88 1.02 0.24
BDE-71 62 0.46 <0.10 2.36 <0.10 1.55 0.40 0.43 <0.10 0.26 <0.10 0.48 2.36 <0.10
BDE-85 100 0.77 0.14 2.78 0.14 2.06 1.08 0.30 0.34 1.58 0.47 2.78 1.07 0.25
BDE-99 100 18.4 3.52 87.9 3.52 49.1 28.6 7.84 9.52 52.4 11.2 87.9 25.6 8.13
BDE-100 100 3.47 0.68 20.7 0.68 9.41 5.75 1.43 1.78 12.6 2.01 20.7 4.94 1.52
BDE-119 100 0.28 0.15 0.56 0.28 0.42 0.53 0.15 0.44 0.24 0.27 0.56 0.25 0.15
BDE-126 77 0.13 <0.07 0.39 <0.07 0.23 0.10 <0.07 <0.07 0.25 0.07 0.39 0.13 0.08
BDE-153 100 1.36 0.22 4.06 0.22 3.54 1.79 0.59 0.62 4.06 1.12 3.99 1.61 0.54
BDE-154 92 1.03 <0.24 2.93 <0.24 2.24 1.12 0.36 0.39 1.91 0.64 2.93 1.03 0.34
BDE-180 69 0.34 <0.06 0.92 <0.06 0.73 0.07 <0.06 0.34 0.92 0.10 0.51 0.07 <0.06
BDE-183 62 0.28 <0.20 7.91 <0.20 0.28 0.26 <0.20 <0.20 7.91 0.18 1.41 0.27 <0.20
BDE-196 54 1.24 <0.13 3.52 <0.13 <0.13 0.43 <0.13 <0.13 3.52 <0.13 1.08 1.40 <0.13
BDE-197 100 0.22 <0.09 5.14 <0.09 0.33 0.22 0.10 <0.09 5.14 0.11 0.69 0.23 0.12
BDE-206 100 1.08 <0.26 10.5 <0.26 2.67 0.80 0.88 0.96 10.5 1.08 3.94 0.86 1.98
BDE-207 92 0.82 <0.39 3.50 <0.39 1.02 0.54 <0.39 0.39 3.50 0.59 2.47 0.62 1.14
BDE-209 100 15.6 5.90 61.0 16.6 15.7 5.90 15.4 15.2 47.2 12.9 61.0 13.3 24.7
∑BDEs 76.3 28.4 412 28.4 173 99.1 40.8 46.5 297 50.2 412 99.4 53.4
New Flame Retardants (NFRs)
PBBZ 92 0.24 <0.09 2.39 <0.09 0.55 0.10 0.37 0.21 0.11 0.20 0.37 2.39 0.24
PBEB 85 0.19 <0.06 0.36 0.08 0.28 0.04 <0.06 0.27 0.20 0.13 0.19 0.36 0.04
HBB 100 0.19 0.07 1.50 0.07 1.50 0.11 0.09 0.34 0.16 0.11 0.37 0.21 1.37
EHTBB 100 89.1 15.4 358 15.4 358 103 87.8 32.0 42.5 116 90.5 263 16.3
TBE 85 0.33 <0.07 5.70 0.13 2.94 0.10 0.07 0.24 4.03 0.33 5.70 0.45 <0.07
BEHTBP 85 193 <0.26 354 25.0 193 303 64.4 48.5 354 199 265 114 <0.26
Syn-DP 69 0.81 <0.32 2.17 <0.32 0.94 <0.32 <0.32 <0.32 0.68 1.03 2.17 0.47 0.60
Anti-DP 69 2.08 <0.65 11.5 <0.65 2.27 <0.65 <0.65 <0.65 5.71 0.68 11.5 <0.65 1.88
DBDPE 92 10.3 <0.26 66.0 <0.26 66.0 1.06 5.45 10.3 8.36 10.5 31.1 4.53 62.3
∑NFRs 356 40.7 625 40.7 625 407 158 91.9 415 327 407 385 82.7
Organophosphate esters (OPEs)
TEP 54 96.7 <26.7 1720 <26.7 90.8 <26.7 96.7 <26.7 113 <26.7 1720 35.2 <26.7
TPRP 62 156 <10.9 273 156 <10.9 <10.9 59.8 <10.9 <10.9 <10.9 170 273 31.6
TNBP 77 93.1 <25.0 881 37.8 87.4 <25.0 56.4 53.4 166 881 98.9 129 <25.0
TCEP 100 60.9 27.2 348 27.2 60.2 118 28.2 54.9 114 54.4 211 61.6 348
TCIPP 100 288 109 1050 109 420 286 205 1050 199 289 191 440 433
TDCIPP 100 759 168 2060 340 1620 2060 766 184 752 168 2030 1480 257
TPHP 100 290 72.1 1360 157 961 192 300 72.1 442 161 1360 878 279
TBOEP 100 2090 878 4000 1500 1240 878 4000 1550 3350 2090 2090 2220 2270
EHDP 85 245 <56.0 979 78.4 273 542 <56.0 <56.0 979 165 414 217 199
TEHP 77 353 <6.25 710 <6.25 510 167 516 115 412 710 295 268 <6.25
TMTP 85 41.1 <2.50 433 37.8 54.0 139 23.4 12.0 41.1 23.5 433 285 <2.50
TIPPP 54 31.9 <1.00 3400 <1.00 3400 24.7 <1.00 33.9 29.8 13.2 <1.00 <1.00 58.5
TDMPP 54 44.9 <8.62 144 <8.62 <8.62 <8.62 <8.62 <8.62 39.6 <8.62 29.9 50.2 144
TDBPP 54 3025 <100 3520 <100 <100 3190 2990 2060 3060 3520 <100 <100 1040
∑OPEs 7840 2440 9580 2440 8620 7600 8960 5220 9580 8080 9040 6340 5060
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Acenaphthylene 100 4.46 2.59 7.94 2.59 7.94 4.39 4.37 4.97 3.46 3.42 6.39 4.53 5.88
Acenaphthene 62 10.7 <5.21 30.2 <5.21 13.3 8.31 <5.21 <5.21 <5.21 <5.21 30.2 13.1 6.29
Fluorene 100 24.3 10.8 102 15.3 36.1 18.1 31.1 18.2 16.5 102 37.7 30.4 10.8
Phenanthrene 100 89.3 21.4 336 30.3 148 81.0 71.7 27.4 153 336 235 97.7 21.4
Anthracene 69 64.2 <0.57 106 7.10 85.5 <0.57 <0.57 <0.57 <0.57 93.3 106 37.5 43.0
Fluoranthene 100 30.0 9.22 198 11.6 106 17.8 18.4 9.22 57.9 198 195 41.6 17.2
Pyrene 100 29.9 8.46 274 19.6 79.0 14.5 19.9 11.8 159 149 274 40.0 8.46
Benz[a]anthracene 100 16.0 0.36 212 4.52 39.2 21.6 36.9 2.95 81.8 24.6 212 131 0.36
Chrysene 77 19.4 <2.14 143 <2.14 29.3 2.76 2.45 1.67 66.6 27.4 143 <2.14 11.4
∑PAHs 273 76.2 1240 95.3 544 168 185 76.2 538 934 1240 395 125