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Occurrence and air-soil exchange of organophosphate flame retardants in the air and soil of Dalian, China TEXT SIZE: A A A
We investigated the concentrations, distributions, potential sources, and air-soil exchange of 10 OPFRs in the air and soil of Dalian. The concentrations of Sigma(10)OPERs in the soil were in the range of 1.07-288 ng/g (mean: 14.0 ng/g), while the concentrations of Sigma(10)OPERs in the passive air samples were in the range of 313-4760 pg/m(3) (mean: 1630 pg/m(3)). Generally, the concentrations of OPFRs are relatively high in urban areas compared with those in suburban and rural areas, indicating the influence of intensive anthropogenic activities on local OPFR concentrations. Tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCIPP) was the most abundant congener, followed by tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TNBP). Spearman correlation analysis illustrated that OPFRs in the air shared common sources, while the sources of OPFRs in the soil were diverse. Net volatilization of TNBP from the soil to the air was observed at all sampling sites, whereas opposite trends were observed for TCIPP, TDCIPP, TBOEP, TPHP, EHDPP, TEHP, TPPO, and TMPP. The exchange trends of TCEP were characterized as volatilization in urban areas, but equilibrium in rural ones. TCEP showed the highest volatilization flux (1100 ng/m(3)/d), whereas TCIPP showed the highest deposition flux (-171 ng/m(3)/d). The significant diffusive fluxes of certain OPFRs, especially of those with suspected toxicities, suggested potential high exposure levels to these chemicals. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 

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 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Volume: 265 Issue: PT A Part: A Article Number: 114850 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114850 Published: OCT 2020

Author(s)

 Wang, Yan; Li, Zhiyuan; Tan, Feng; Xu, Yue; Zhao, Hongxia; Chen, Jingwen

Corresponding author(s) 

 WANG Yan 
 wangyandut@dlut.edu.cn  
 Dalian Univ Technol, Key Lab Ind Ecol & Environm Engn MOE, Sch Environm Sci & Technol, Dalian 116024, Peoples R China.

Author(s) from IGCAS   XU Yue

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