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Veröffentlichung Phthalate metabolites in 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) from 1988 to 2015 and a comparison with US NHANES data from 1999 to 2012(2017) Koch, Holger M.; Apel, Petra; Schütze, Andre; Conrad, André; Pälmke, Claudia; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Brüning, Thomas; Rüther, MariaThe German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) continuously collects 24-h urine samples since theearly 1980s in Germany. In this study we analyzed 300 urine samples from the years 2007 to 2015 for 21phthalate metabolites (representing exposure to 11 parent phthalates) and combined the data with twoprevious retrospective measurement campaigns (1988 to 2003 and 2002 to 2008). The combined datasetcomprised 1162 24-h urine samples spanning the years 1988 to 2015. With this detailed set of humanbiomonitoring data we describe the time course of phthalate exposure in Germany over a time frame of27 years. For the metabolites of the endocrine disrupting phthalates di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP),di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) we observed a roughly ten-fold decline inmedian metabolite levels from their peak levels in the late 1980s/early 1990s compared to most recentlevels from 2015. Probably, bans (first enacted in 1999) and classifications/labelings (enacted in 2001 and2004) in the European Union lead to this drop. A decline in di-isobutyl phthalate (DiBP) metabolite levelsset in only quite recently, possibly due to its later classification as a reproductive toxicant in the EU in 2009.In a considerable number of samples collected before 2002 health based guidance values (BE, HBM I) havebeen exceeded for DnBP (27.2%) and DEHP (2.3%) but also in recent samples some individual exceedancescan still be observed (DEHP 1.0%). A decrease in concentration for all low molecular weight phthalates,labelled or not, was seen in the most recent years of sampling. For the high molecular weight phthalates,DEHP seems to have been substituted in part by di-isononyl phthalate (DiNP), but DiNP metabolite levelshave also been declining in the last years. Probably, non-phthalate alternatives increasingly take overfor the phthalates in Germany. A comparison with NHANES (National Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey) data from the United States covering the years 1999 to 2012 revealed both similarities anddifferences in phthalate exposure between Germany and the US. Exposure to critical phthalates hasdecreased in both countries with metabolite levels more and more aligning with each other, but highmolecular weight phthalates substituting DEHP (such as DiNP) seem to become more important in theUS than in Germany.
© 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reservedVeröffentlichung Das Informationssystem der Umweltprobenbank des Bundes als Baustein im betrieblichen Umweltmanagementsystem(2013) Bandholtz, Thomas; Rüther, MariaBisherige Ansätze betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme fokussieren auf den Ressourcenverbrauch,beim Nachweis des Einsatzes der "besten verfügbaren Technik" (BVT) mussaber auch die regelmäßige Messung von Umweltbelastungen administriert und dokumentiertwerden. Das Umweltbundesamt hat seit den 1980er-Jahren Instrumente für einesystematische Umweltbeobachtung entwickelt, insbesondere ein Informationssystem,das 2012 technisch erneuert und in einer Weise generalisiert wurde, die es auch für denbetrieblichen Einsatz geeignet erscheinen lässt. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Unterstützungder einzelnen Prozessschritte Probenplanung, Probenahme und Einlagerung, Ergänzungvon Analysedaten aus dem Labor sowie spätere Auswertungen. Ein Schwerpunkt ist dieKonfiguration der Stammdaten und Probenahmepläne in einfachen Dialogen. Hierbeiwerden Humanproben und Spezies aus verschiedenen Ökosystemtypen, aber auchUmweltmedien wie Boden, Wasser, Schwebstoff, Luft oder Feinstaub unterstützt. Bei derProbenahme können Beobachtungen und Messungen der Probanden erfasst werden,z. B. Biometrie oder Anamnese, aber auch Randbedingungen aller Art. Durch langjährigeProbenserien entsteht so ein Archiv der Umweltbelastungen, das flexibel nach aktuellenGesichtspunkten ausgewertet werden kann. Die dauerhafte Lagerung des Probenmaterialsermöglicht weiterhin ein retrospektives Monitoring, also die Analyse zurückliegenderProben mit aktuellen Methoden und Fragestellungen.
Quelle: http://link.springer.com/Veröffentlichung Time trend of exposure to the phthalate plasticizer substitute DINCH in Germany from 1999 to 2017: Biomonitoring data on young adults from the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)(2019) Kasper-Sonnenberg, Monika; Apel, Petra; Koch, Holger M.; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Rüther, MariaDINCH (cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid-diisononyl ester) is a phthalate plasticizer substitute introduced into the market in 2002. It is increasingly used especially in the production of toys, food contact materials and medical devices. In this measurement campaign on 24-h urine samples of young adults (20-29 years) from the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) collected in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 (in total 300 samples, 60 samples/year) we analyzed three specific, oxidized DINCH metabolites (OH-MINCH: cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid-mono(hydroxy-isononyl) ester; cx-MINCH: cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid-mono(carboxy-isooctyl) ester, oxo-MINCH: cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid-mono(oxo-isononyl) ester). We merged these data with earlier data of the ESB from the years 1999-2012 and are now able to report levels and time trends of internal DINCH exposure from 1999 to 2017. After first detections of the major oxidized DINCH metabolite OH-MINCH in 2006 (6.7%) detection rates rapidly increased to 43.3% in 2009, 80% in 2010 and 98.3% in 2011 and 2012. From the year 2013 on we could detect OH-MINCH in every urine sample analyzed. The median concentrations of OH-MINCH rapidly increased from 0.15 (Mü)g/L in 2010 to twice the concentration in 2011 (0.31 (Mü)g/L) with further increases in 2013 (0.37 (Mü)g/L), 2015 (0.59 (Mü)g/L) and 2017 (0.70 (Mü)g/L). Similar increases, albeit at lower detection rates and concentration levels, could be observed for cx-MINCH and oxo-MINCH. All metabolites strongly correlate with each other. For the ESB study population, DINCH exposures are still far below health based guidance values such as the German Human Biomonitoring Value (HBM-I; 4,500 (Mü)g/L for the sum of OH-MINCH and cx-MINCH) or the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of EFSA (1mg/kg/bw/d). The median daily DINCH intake (DI) calculated for 2017 was 0.23 (Mü)g/kg bw/d, thus 4,310-times lower than the TDI. The maximum DI calculated for one individual in 2012 (42.60 (Mü)g/kg bw/d) was a factor of more than 20 below the TDI. The ongoing increase in DINCH exposure needs to be closely monitored in the future, including populations with potentially higher exposures such as children. This close monitoring will enable timely exposure and risk reduction measures if exposures reached critical levels, or if new toxicological data lead to lower health based guidance values. DINCH belongs to the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) priority substances for which policy relevant questions still have to be answered. © 2019 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.Veröffentlichung Die Umweltprobenbank des Bundes - Umwelt- und Humanproben(2019) Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Körner, Andrea; Koschorreck, Jan; Rüther, Maria; Weber, TillDie Umweltprobenbank des Bundes sammelt standardisiert Human- und Umweltproben und lagert diese veränderungsfrei für zukünftige Untersuchungen. Die große Auswahl an unterschiedlichen Matrizes aus verschiedenen Probenahmegebieten ermöglicht einen Überblick über die Belastungssituation des Menschen und seiner Umwelt. Die Schadstoffanalytik erfolgt sowohl im direkten Anschluss an die Probenahme (Real-Time-Monitoring) als auch in retrospektiven Untersuchungen an den eingelagerten Proben. Die hohe Standardisierung ermöglicht die Reproduzier- und Vergleichbarkeit der gesammelten Proben und lässt so eine Aussage über die zeitliche Veränderung der Belastungen zu. Die Umweltprobenbank des Bundes ist ein exzellentes Werkzeug für das Monitoring der Schadstoffbelastungen der Umwelt und des Menschen. Geringe zeitliche oder marginale regionale Unterschiede an Schadstoffkonzentrationen sind erfassbar, da die hierzu notwendigen Analysen standardisierter Umwelt- und Humanproben aus unterschiedlichen Jahren und Regionen zum gleichen Zeitpunkt durchgeführt werden können. Die Langzeitbeobachtung von Schadstoffbelastungen in Umwelt- und Humanproben ist eine wichtige Grundlage für gesetzliche Regulierungen von Chemikalien und deren Erfolgskontrolle. Damit ist die Umweltprobenbank des Bundes ein essenzielles Instrument des umweltbezogenen Gesundheitsschutzes in Deutschland. Quelle: http://www.ecomed-medizin.deVeröffentlichung Time-trends of the German population exposure to contaminants using the part for human samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)(2017) Conrad, André; Lermen, D.; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Hildebrand, J.; Rüther, Maria; Weber, TillVeröffentlichung The European Information Platform for Chemical Monitoring (IPCheM) - How can you realize interoperability?(2016) Knetsch, Gerlinde; Rüther, MariaVeröffentlichung Glyphosate in German adults - Time trend (2001 to 2015) of human exposure to a widely used herbicide(2017) Conrad, André; Schröter-Kermani, Christa; Hoppe, Hans-Wolfgang; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Pieper, Silvia; Rüther, MariaVeröffentlichung Data Integration by Semantic Normalisation(2013) Bandholtz, Thomas; Fock, Joachim; Rüther, MariaData integration is a topic as old as environmental informatics, but still each single use case raises extensive individualefforts. We distinguish between organisational, methodical and technical issues. The Federal Environment Agency,Germany (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) has started a research and development project "Linked Environment Data"(LED) (UFOPLAN 3712 12 1003) in the summer of 2012, focussing on the applicability of Semantic Web technologyfor the technical integration. The resulting approach was named "semantic normalisationŁ. It is based on LinkedData patterns which are extended by shared RDF schemas and shared reference concept schemes. On top of this normalisation, applications can explore data from all participating datasets at one time, gathering knowledge fromdifferent sources.
Quelle: Data Integration by Semantic Normalisation/ Thomas Bandholtz, Maria Rüther, Joachim FockVeröffentlichung Metabolites of the alkyl pyrrolidone solvents NMP and NEP in 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank from 1991 to 2014(2018) Ulrich, Nadin; Bury, Daniel; Koch, Holger Martin; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Rüther, Maria; Weber, TillPurpose The aim of this study was to get a first overview of the exposure to the solvents and reproductive toxicants N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NEP) in Germany. NMP and NEP metabolite concentrations were determined in 540 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank collected from 1991 to 2014. With these data we were able to investigate NMP/NEP exposures over time and to evaluate associated risks. Methods NMP metabolites 5-hydroxy-N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (5-HNMP) and 2-hydroxy-N-methylsuccinimide (2-HMSI) and NEP metabolites 5-hydroxy-N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone (5-HNEP) and 2-hydroxy-N-ethylsuccinimide (2-HESI) were determined by stable isotope dilution analysis using solid phase extraction followed by derivatization (silylation) and GCâ€ÌEIâ€ÌMS/MS. Results We were able to quantify 5-HNMP and 2-HMSI in 98.0 and 99.6% and 5-HNEP and 2-HESI in 34.8 and 75.7% of the samples. Metabolite concentrations were rather steady over the timeframe investigated, even for NEP which has been introduced as an NMP substitute only in the last decade. Calculated median daily intakes in 2014 were 2.7 Ìg/kg bw/day for NMP and 1.1 Ìg/kg bw/day for NEP. For the combined risk assessment of NMP and NEP exposure, the hazard index based on the human biomonitoring assessment I values (HBM I values) was less than 0.1. Conclusions Based on the investigated subpopulation of the German population, individual and combined NMP and NEP exposures were within acceptable ranges in the investigated timeframe. Sources of NEP exposure in the 90s and 00s remain elusive. © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018Veröffentlichung German Environmental Specimen Bank: 24-hour urine samples from 1999 to 2017 reveal rapid increase in exposure to the para-phthalate plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHTP)(2019) Lessmann, F.; Apel, Petra; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Rüther, MariaThe worldwide plasticizer markets are facing constant substitution processes. Many classic ortho-phthalate plasticizers like di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) are phased out, due to their proven toxicity to reproduction. Assumedly less critical, less regulated plasticizers such as di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHTP) are increasingly applied in consumer near products like toys, food contact materials, and medical devices. With the increasing use of DEHTP, increasing exposures of the general population have to be expected likewise. Human biomonitoring is a well-established tool to determine population exposures. In the present study we investigate the time trend of exposure to DEHTP using 24-hour urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) collected from 1999 to 2017. In these samples (60 per odd-numbered year, 600 samples in total) collected from young German adults (20-29 years, equal gender distribution) we determined four specific urinary metabolites as biomarkers of DEHTP exposure. From 1999 to 2009, the main specific urinary metabolite 5cx-MEPTP was quantifiable in <10% of the samples. Thereafter, detection rates and levels constantly increased, in line with rapidly increasing DEHTP consumption volumes. In 2017, all samples had 5cx-MEPTP levels above the limit of quantification (LOQ) with a median concentration of 3.35 ng/L (95th percentile: 12.8 ng/L). The other metabolites were detected less frequently and at lower levels but correlated well with 5cx-MEPTP robustly confirming the increasing DEHTP exposure. All 5cx-MEPTP concentrations were well below the German health based guidance value (HBM-I) of 2800 ng/L for adults. Likewise, the median calculated daily intake, based on 5cx-MEPTP measured in 2017, was 0.74 ng/kg bw*d (95th percentile: 3.86 ng/kg bw*d), still well below the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 1000 ng/kg bw*d. Based on current toxicological knowledge we can hence conclude that for the population investigated, DEHTP exposure gives no reason for immediate concern. However, the steep ongoing increase of DEHTP exposure warrants further close monitoring in the future, preferably also in sub-populations with known higher exposures to plasticizers, especially children. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.