| Keywords |
Textiles treated by brominated flame retardants (BFRs) ; Hazardous substance analysis of inorganic compounds ; ICP-MS ; Toxic heavy metals |
| Abstract |
We developed analytical methods for textiles treated by brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Toxicity analysis of total hazardous inorganic substances was determined and quantified on three kinds of interior materials in car which was used from ten years ago and three kinds of interior foam in car and three kinds of curtains were treated flame retardants recently. Samples were analyzed for seven hazardous inorganic elements (chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, cadmium, antimony and lead) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). In the extractable heavy metals of samples, Cr, Cu, Ni and Sb were found in all of the samples. While Co and Pb were detected only in one and two samples. The content of extractable heavy metals in the samples was compared with the criteria of the 100 OKO TEX Standard. It was confirmed that the level of heavy metals in the samples posed no serious risk to health, based on the human-ecological criteria defined by the 100 OKO TEX Standard. |