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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 1/2018

06-10-2016 | ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in multi-matrices from an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling site in Northern China

Authors: Wen-Jun Hong, Hongliang Jia, Yongsheng Ding, Wen-Long Li, Yi-Fan Li

Published in: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

The present study investigated the occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in soil, water, reed, air and dust samples collected from the e-waste recycling region in Ziya Town, Northern China. The results showed that the concentrations of PCBs reached relative high level in environmental matrices in the study area. HFRs including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), dechlorane plus (DP), allyl 2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether (ATE), tetrabromoethylcyclohexane (TBECH), pentabromotoluene (PBT), pentabromoethylbenzene (PBEB), 2,3-dibromopropyl 2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether (DPTE), 1,2-bis-(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE) and so on were also widely detected in multi-matrices. Long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) potentials of non-BDE HFRs were assessed to address the LRAR abilities of these compounds. Analysis of soil–air exchange of PCBs and HFRs showed that soil acted as a secondary source to the atmosphere only for a few low molecular weight compounds, while the direction of the flux of most detected chemicals was from air to soil.
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Metadata
Title
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in multi-matrices from an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling site in Northern China
Authors
Wen-Jun Hong
Hongliang Jia
Yongsheng Ding
Wen-Long Li
Yi-Fan Li
Publication date
06-10-2016
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1438-4957
Electronic ISSN: 1611-8227
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-016-0550-8

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