Children's exposure to phthalates in dust and soil in Southern Taiwan: A study following the phthalate incident in 2011

Abstract The Taiwan food incident in 2011 regarding the illegal use of phthalate esters (PAEs) as clouding agents raised the public awareness and regulatory acts on certain PAEs. According to the review of the relevant literature, this is the first study to assess the exposures of children to PAE in dust and soil in their everyday environments (homes, elementary schools, kindergartens, outdoor playgrounds, and running tracks) and to evaluate the temporal trends of PAEs in home dust in Taiwan after the aforementioned incident. The total dust PAE levels in schools (median: 1562 μg/g dust, range: 9–16,233 μg/g dust) and kindergartens (median: 1124 μg/g dust, range: 91–15,180 μg/g dust) were significantly higher (p

• Publication year

  2019

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  Science of The Total Environment

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  2019-12-15

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2019.133685
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