title: Rapid detection of hazardous chemicals in textiles by direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry (DART-MS).
abstract: Residues of chemicals on clothing products were examined by direct analysis in real-time (DART) mass spectrometry. Our experiments have revealed the presence of more than 40 chemicals in 15 different clothing items. The identification was confirmed by DART tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) experiments for 14 compounds. The most commonly detected hazardous substances were nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), phthalic acid esters (phthalates), amines released by azo dyes, and quinoline derivates. DART-MS was able to detect NPEs on the skin of the person wearing the clothing item contaminated by NPE residuals. Automated data acquisition and processing method was developed and tested for the recognition of NPE residues thereby reducing the analysis time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Borbála
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Antal
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ákos
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Kuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zsuga
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary. keki.sandor@science.unideb.hu.
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kéki
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013784:Textiles / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances
keywords: Direct analysis in real-time tandem mass spectrometry (DART-MS; DART-MS/MS); Hazardous substances; Nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE); Phthalic acid ester (phthalate); Quinolines; Textile articles