Silicone wristbands for assessing personal chemical exposures: impacts of movement on chemical uptake rates.

ABSTRACT: Silicone wristbands are utilized as personal passive sampling devices for exposure assessments of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs). While research demonstrates that accumulation of SVOCs on the wristbands correlates with internal dose for many different chemical classes, the mechanisms of accumulation remain poorly understood. Multiple factors such as movement of the individual lead to variable mass transfer conditions at the sampler interface. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of air flow velocity across the wristband surface on SVOC uptake rates and to evaluate if enhanced rates vary between compounds with a range physicochemical properties. Experiments were conducted in a residential home where wristbands were either held in static conditions or attached t

SUBMITTER: Miller JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800079 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature