Human Excretion of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study

Table 9

Comparison: PBDE congeners detected in participants’ blood and sweat.

	BDE 28	BDE 47	BDE 99	BDE 100	BDE 153
No PBDEs in blood	9	0	8	5	3
No PBDEs in blood, PBDEs in sweat	6	0	6	3	1
No PBDEs in blood, no PBDEs in sweat	1	0	0	0	0
No PBDEs in blood, insufficient	2	0	2	2	2

study participants produced insufficient perspiration for successful testing.