Occurrence and air-soil exchange of organophosphate flame retardants in the air and soil of Dalian, China. (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yan; Li, Zhiyuan; Tan, Feng; Xu, Yue; Zhao, Hongxia; Chen, Jingwen
• Is Part Of: Environmental pollution. Volume 265(2020)Part A
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: OPEs -- Air -- Soil -- Air-soil exchange -- Source apportionment; Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- Périodiques; Pollution; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114850
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-7491

Abstract

Abstract: We investigated the concentrations, distributions, potential sources, and air-soil exchange of 10 OPFRs in the air and soil of Dalian. The concentrations of Σ10 OPFRs in the soil were in the range of 1.07–288 ng/g (mean: 14.0 ng/g), while the concentrations of Σ10 OPFRs 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. Graphical abstract: Image 1 Highlights: TNBP and TCEP were mainly volatilized into air with other OPFRs deposited to soil. TCEP and TCIPP showed the highest volatilization and deposition flux, respectively. High diffusive fluxes of TNBP, TCEP and TCIPP indicated the exposure potentials. Abstract : TCEP showed the highest volatilization flux from soil, while TCIPP showed the highest deposition flux into soil.