Evaluations of environmental exposures to chemical mixtures require multi-faceted strategies for sampling an individual’s environment (e.g, air, dust) or collection of biomarkers (e.g., blood, urine). Wearable passive samplers, such as silicone wristbands, are a tool that could overcome challenges and costs with comprehensive environmental and biomarker sampling approaches. Such devices are widely used to evaluate personal exposures to semi-volatile organic compounds; however, they are ineffective for particulate-bound chemicals such as metals because they do not accumulate sufficient amounts of particles for analysis. In this study, we tested a modified personal passive sampler by incorporating polyurethane foam (PUF) into a wearable wristband (referred as “PUF wristband”). The intention of this modification was to broaden the types of chemicals that could be collected in a wristband exposure sampler to include metals and other particulate-bound chemicals.
This dataset corresponds to results of a study where we asked participants (n=82), recruited in two cohorts, to wear the wristband for five consecutive days. The dataset includes lead and other metals concentrations of PUF in the wristband samplers. This dataset also includes metals analysis of floor dust wipes, vacuumed dust, soil, and water from participants’ homes and whole blood from the participants. The dataset also includes results of analytical controls and method blanks. Data are organized according to the figures shown in the published article for this study.
