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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2018 Apr 6;116:1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.035

Table 5.

Average bromine and flame retardant content (percent by weight) in pit foam blocks determined by XRF and by laboratory analysis

Sample ID Foam color Bromine content by XRF Average (standard deviation) Bromine-containing flame retardants by laboratory analysis All measured flame retardants by laboratory analysis
1 White*, 0.002 (0.0003) ND ND
2 White* 1.6 (0.05) 2.9 2.9
3 White* 1.6 (0.06) 3.3 3.3
4 White* 0.001 (0.0003) 0.0012 0.0012
5 Light blue 0.001 (0.0004) 0.0036 3.5
6 Dark blue 0.029 (0.001) 0.023 2.1
7 Dark blue 1.2 (0.07) 1.9 1.9
8 Turquoise 3.3 (0.04) 4.1 4.1
9 Pale yellow 4.1 (0.04) 2.3 2.4
10 Dark blue 1.3 (0.01) 1.4 1.4
11 Light blue 0.002 (0.0003) 0.0034 6.0
12 Turquoise 2.0 (0.02) 2.6 2.6

ND = not detected at or above the minimum detectable concentration of 1 µg/g of foam or 0.0001% bromine by weight

*

White foam was new replacement foam.

This block was unused.