Multi-year air monitoring of legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in an urban center in northeastern China.
Multi-year air monitoring of legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in an urban center in northeastern China.
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.031
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2016-11
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Wen-Long Li;Chunyan Huo;Li-Yan Liu;Wei-Wei Song-Wei;Zi-Feng Zhang;Wanli Ma;Li-Na Qiao;Yi-Fan Li
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Wen-Long Li;Chunyan Huo;Li-Yan Liu;Wei-Wei Song-Wei;Zi-Feng Zhang;Wanli Ma;Li-Na Qiao;Yi-Fan Li
The occurrence and temporal trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and non-PBDE brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) were investigated in an urban atmosphere of Northeast China in consecutive six years (2008–2013). Among all chemicals, BDE-209, l,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), and decabromodiphenylethane (DBDPE) were the three most dominant compounds. During the period, the levels of pentabromodiphenyl ethers in the gas-phase and octabromodiphenyl ethers in the particle-phase significantly decreased, while the levels of BDE-209 and NBFRs increased in either the gas-phase or particle-phase. Ambient temperature was the most significant variable that influenced the gas-phase and particle-phase concentrations of BFRs, followed by wind speed and relative humidity. A stronger temperature dependence of the atmospheric concentrations was found for lower mass BFRs. Gas-particle partitioning studies suggested PBDEs in the urban atmosphere of Northeast China were at steady-state. Steady-state equation can also well describe the partitioning behavior for NBFRs, suggesting that the atmospheric partitioning behaviors of NBFRs were similar to those of PBDEs.