Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in settled house dust from urban dwellings in China and their neurodevelopmental effects on preschool-aged children》.pdfVIP

Science of the Total Environment 505 (2015) 402–408 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment journal homepage: /locate/scitotenv Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in settled house dust from urban dwellings in China and their neurodevelopmental effects on preschool-aged children Bing-Ling Wang a,⁎,1, Shu-Tao Pang a,1, Jian-Ping Sun a,1, Xiao-Ling Zhang b, Xi-Ling Li c, Yong-Gang Sun d, Xiao-Mei Lu b, Qi Zhang e,⁎⁎ a Qingdao Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao 266033, China b Department of Hygiene Analysis and Detection, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China c Institute of Child Health Care, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing 210004, China d Department of Child Health Care, Maternity and Child Care Center of Gulou District of Nanjing, Nanjing 210029, China e Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China H I G H L I G H T S • This study is only the second to measure the levels of PCBs in urban China. • Lowly-chlorinated PBCs were found to be ubiquitous in household dust in urban areas. • They were also found to carry the risk of certain developmental abnormalities. • Large-scale follow-up studies should be conducted to corroborate these findings. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We investigated the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in settled house dust (SHD) from urban dwellings Received 29 June 2014 with resident preschool-aged children i