Spatial distribution and benthic risk assessment of cyclic, linear, and modified methylsiloxanes in sediments from Tokyo Bay catchment basin, Japan: Si-based mass profiles in extractable organosilicon
Spatial distribution and benthic risk assessment of cyclic, linear, and modified methylsiloxanes in sediments from Tokyo Bay catchment basin, Japan: Si-based mass profiles in extractable organosilicon
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日本东京湾流域沉积物中环状、线性和改性甲基硅氧烷的空间分布和底栖风险评估:可提取有机硅中的硅基质量分布
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155956
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发表时间:
2022
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9.8
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Takeo Sakurai
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作者:
Yuichi Horii;Nobutoshi Ohtsuka;Takahiro Nishino;Keisuke Kuroda;Yoshitaka Imaizumi;Takeo Sakurai
We investigated the spatial distribution, mass profiles, and benthic risk assessment of a wide range of methylsiloxanes (MSs), including 7 cyclic MSs (CMSs; D3–D9; the number refers to the number of Sisingle bondO bonds), 13 linear MSs (LMSs; L3–L15), and 15 modified and other MSs (MMSs) in sediments from the Tokyo Bay catchment basin, Japan. We observed widespread distribution of MSs (ΣCMS, ΣLMS, and ΣMMS) in the sediment samples, with concentrations of 1.0–6180 ng/g dry weight (dw), 1.8–10,100 ng/g dw, and < 0.31–210 ng/g dw, respectively. Our study is the first to measure various MMSs modified with hydrogen, vinyl, or phenyl groups; however, only methyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane and phenyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane were detected with high occurrence frequency. Notably, no elevated concentrations of MSs were observed downstream of silicone manufacturers, whereas the sediment was characterized by a specific D4/D5 ratio. With the Si-based mass profiles in extractable organosilicon (EOSi), the measured CMSs, LMSs, and MMSs accounted for 5.4%, 7.8%, and 0.2%, respectively. Unidentified EOSi (unknown fraction) constituted a major proportion of the EOSi in the sediment, with a mean of 87%, suggesting that the organosilicon environmental emissions were more than the measured MSs. In risk assessment of the adverse effects of D4, D5, and D6 in sediment on benthic organisms, the respective distributions indicated no overlap between the 95th percentile field sediment concentration and the 5th percentile chronic sediment no-effect concentration in organic carbon-normalized concentration. Although the hazard quotient compared with the predicted no-effect concentration for D5 and D6 exceeded the threshold level (hazard quotient ≥1), the results of probabilistic risk assessment for the three CMSs were not high enough to indicate a threat to benthic organisms in the study area.