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Substitutes mimic the exposure behaviour of REACH regulated phthalates

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dc.contributor.authorApel, Petra
dc.contributor.authorKolossa-Gehring, Marike
dc.contributor.authorLange, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorLemke, Nora
dc.contributor.authorDebiak, Malgorzata
dc.contributor.authorMurawski, Aline
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Till
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-16T13:35:56Z
dc.date.available2024-06-16T13:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe population is constantly exposed to potentially harmful substances present in the environment, including inter alia food and drinking water, consumer products, and indoor air. Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a valuable tool to determine the integral, internal exposure of the general population, including vulnerable subgroups, to provide the basis for risk assessment and policy advice. The German HBM system comprises of five pillars: (1) the development of suitable analytical methods for new substances of concern, (2) cross-sectional population-representative German Environmental Surveys (GerES), (3) time trend analyses using archived samples from the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB), (4) the derivation of health-based guidance values as a risk assessment tool, and (5) transfer of data into the European cooperation network HBM4EU. The goal of this paper is to present the complementary elements of the German HBM system and to show its strengths and limitations on the example of plasticizers. Plasticizers have been identified by EU services and HBM4EU partners as priority substances for chemical policy at EU level. Using the complementary elements of the German HBM system, the internal exposure to classical phthalates and novel alternative plasticizers can be reliably monitored. It is shown that market changes, due to regulation of certain phthalates and the rise of substitutes, are rapidly reflected in the internal exposure of the population. It was shown that exposure to DEHP, DiBP, DnBP, and BBzP decreased considerably, whereas exposure to the novel substitutes such as DPHP, DEHTP, and Hexamoll®DINCH has increased significantly. While health-based guidance values for several phthalates (esp. DnBP, DiBP, DEHP) were exceeded quite often at the turn of the millennium, exceedances today have become rarer. Still, also the latest GerES reveals the ubiquitous and concurrent exposures to many plasticizers. Of concern is that the youngest children showed the highest exposures to most of the investigated plasticizers and in some cases their levels of DiBP and DnBP still exceeded health-based guidance values. Over the last years, mixture exposures are increasingly recognized as relevant, especially if the toxicological modes of action are similar. This is supported by a cumulative risk assessment for four endocrine active phthalates which confirms the still concerning cumulative exposure in many young children. Given the adverse health effects of some phthalates and the limited toxicological knowledge of substitutes, exposure reduction and surveillance are needed on German and EU-level. Substitutes need to be monitored, to intervene if exposures are threatening to exceed acceptable levels, or if new toxicological data question their appropriateness. It is strongly recommended to reconsider the use of plastics and plasticizers. © 2021 Published by Elsevier GmbH.en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-493
dc.identifier.urihttps://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/3348
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectRisikoanalyse
dc.subjectRegulierung
dc.titleSubstitutes mimic the exposure behaviour of REACH regulated phthalates
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local.bibliographicCitation.journalTitleInternational Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
local.bibliographicCitation.originalDOI10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113780
local.bibliographicCitation.volume236 (2021)
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local.jointTitleSUBSTITUTES MIMIC THE EXPOSURE BEHAVIOUR OF REACH REGULATED PHTHALATES A REVIEW OF THE GERMAN HBM SYSTEM ON THE EXAMPLE OF PLASTICIZERS
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local.subtitlea review of the German HBM system on the example of plasticizers
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