Occurrence and Source Effect of Novel Brominated Flame Retardants (NBFRs) in Soils from Five Asian Countries and Their Relationship with PBDEs
- Authors
- Li, Wen-Long; Ma, Wan-Li; Zhang, Zi-Feng; Liu, Li-Yan; Song, Wei-Wei; Jia, Hong-Liang; Ding, Yong-Sheng; Nakata, Haruhiko; Minh, Nguyen Hung; Sinha, Ravindra Kumar; Moon, Hyo-Bang; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Sverko, Ed; Li, Yi-Fan
- Issue Date
- Oct-2017
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; GREAT-LAKES ATMOSPHERE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS; IN-HOUSE DUST; POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS; SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA; DECHLORANE PLUS
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, v.51, no.19, pp.11126 - 11135
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 51
- Number
- 19
- Start Page
- 11126
- End Page
- 11135
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/8585
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.est.7b03207
- ISSN
- 0013-936X
- Abstract
- This paper presents the first comprehensive survey of 19 novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in soil samples collected among five Asian countries. High variability in concentrations of all NBFRs was found in soils with the geometric mean (GM) values ranging from 0.50 ng/g dry weight (dw) in Vietnam to 540 ng/g dw in the vicinity of a BFR manufacturer in China. In urban, rural, and background locations, the GM concentrations of Sigma(19)NBFRs decreased in the order of Japan > South Korea > China > India > Vietnam. Correlations among different NBFR compounds were positive and statistically significant (p < 0.05), suggesting that they originate from similar sources. Evidence for simultaneous application between polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and NBFRs were also noted. Principal component analysis of NBFR concentrations revealed specific pollution sources for different NBFRs coming from urban, BFR-related industrial, and e-waste sites. For the first time, this study demonstrates a "point source fractionation effect" for NBFRs and PBDEs. The concentrations of all NBFRs and PBDEs were negatively and significantly correlated with the distance from BFR-related industrial and e-waste regions. Positive and significant correlation between population density and NBFR concentrations in soils was identified. Our study revealed that the primary sources effects were stronger than the secondary sources effects in controlling the levels and distribution of NBFRs and PBDEs in soils in these five Asian countries.
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