Browsing School of Physics (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ireland"
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Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human milk from Ireland: temporal trends and implications for nursing infant exposure
Houlihan, Margarete; Wemken, Nina; Keogh, Myra; O’Riordain, Colman; Noone, Conor; Tierney, Julie; Claire Cellarius, Claire; Cleere, Kathy; Morrison, John J.; Daly, Sean; Harrad, Stuart; Tlustos, Christina; Coggins, Marie Ann (OAE Publishing Inc, 2021-11-19)Aim: The elucidation of temporal trends in human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) since the previous Irish human milk surveys and to evaluate the ... -
Leaching of decabromodiphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane from fabrics under simulated landfill conditions
Harrad, Stuart; Drage, Daniel S.; Sharkey, Martin; Berresheim, Harald (KeAi Communications Co. Ltd, 2019-12-30)A series of laboratory experiments were conducted to examine the leaching of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) from a mix of three fabrics. Consistent with previous reports that such ... -
Portable X-ray fluorescence for the detection of POP-BFRs in waste plastics
Sharkey, Martin; Abdallah, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa; Drage, Daniel S; Harrad, Stuart; Berresheim, Harald (Elsevier, 2018-05-26)The purpose of this study was to establish the efficacy of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrumentation as a screening tool for a variety of end of life plastics which may contain excess amounts of brominated flame ...