Toxics use reduction in the home: lessons learned from household exposure studies
Toxics use reduction in the home: lessons learned from household exposure studies
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.06.012
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Brody, Julia G.
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作者：
Dunagan, Sarah C.;Dodson, Robin E.;Brody, Julia G.
由于《马萨诸塞州减少有毒物质使用法》（TURA），工业生产中有毒化学品的使用和副产品大量减少，工人和围栏社区首先从中受益。由于TURA促进了产品的重新配方以及生产工艺的重新装备，其益处可能会更广泛地扩展到大规模减少普通人群的日常暴露。家庭接触研究，包括寂静之春研究所进行的研究，表明人们接触到建筑材料和无数消费品的室内有毒物质的复杂混合物。家庭中的污染物可能会对健康产生多种影响，因为许多污染物被归类为内分泌干扰化合物（EDCs），能够干扰人体的激素系统。在家庭中测量的与产品相关的内分泌干扰物包括邻苯二甲酸盐、卤代阻燃剂和烷基酚。寂静之春研究所对个人护理和清洁产品的化学分析证实，许多产品都是内分泌干扰物的潜在来源，这凸显了需要一种更全面的减少有毒物质使用（TUR）的方法来减少这些暴露。针对消费品中的内分泌干扰物减少有毒物质的使用有可能大大减少职业和住宅暴露。从家庭接触研究中得出的经验教训可以为州和国家一级改进化学品管理政策提供信息，从而产生更安全的产品和广泛的健康和环境效益。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Workers and fence-line communities have been the first to benefit from the substantial reductions in toxic chemical use and byproducts in industrial production resulting from the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA). As TURA motivates reformulation of products as well as retooling of production processes, benefits could extend more broadly to large-scale reductions in everyday exposures for the general population. Household exposure studies, including those conducted by Silent Spring Institute, show that people are exposed to complex mixtures of indoor toxics from building materials and a myriad of consumer products. Pollutants in homes are likely to have multiple health effects because many are classified as endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), with the ability to interfere with the body's hormone system. Product-related EDCs measured in homes include phthalates, halogenated flame retardants, and alkylphenols. Silent Spring Institute's chemical analysis of personal care and cleaning products confirms many are potential sources of EDCs, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive toxics use reduction (TUR) approach to reduce those exposures. Toxics use reduction targeted at EDCs in consumer products has the potential to substantially reduce occupational and residential exposures. The lessons that have emerged from household exposure research can inform improved chemicals management policies at the state and national levels, leading to safer products and widespread health and environmental benefits. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.