ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2016
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and heavy metals in road dusts from a plastic waste recycling area in north China: implications for human health.
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- The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health.Annals of global health · 2023Review
- Plastic Recycling Practices in Vietnam and Related Hazards for Health and the Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Heavy Metals in a Regulated E-Waste Recycling Site, Eastern China: Implications for Risk Management.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Methyl siloxanes in road dust from a large silicone manufacturing site in China: implications of human exposure.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soils from Tianjin, North China: distribution, health risk, and temporal trends.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
- Concentrations, Speciation, and Bioavailability of Heavy Metals in Street Dust as well as Relationships with Physiochemcal Properties: A Case Study of Jinan City in East China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Soils and Dusts at Electronic Waste Recycling Sites: Occurrence and Possible Impacts of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Ultrasensitive Nano-rt-iPCR for Determination of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Natural Samples.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Road dusts were collected from an area where intense mechanical recycling of plastic wastes occurs in Wen'an, north China. These dusts were investigated for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and heavy metals contamination to assess the health risk related to these components. Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) and Σ21PBDE concentrations in these dusts ranged from 2.67 to 10,424 ng g(-1) and from 3.23 to 10,640 ng g(-1), respectively. These PBDE concentrations were comparable to those observed in road dust from e-waste recycling areas but were 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than concentrations in outdoor or road dusts from other areas. This indicates that road dusts in the study area have high levels of PBDE pollution. BDE-209 was the predominant congener, accounting for 86.3% of the total PBDE content in dusts. Thus, commercial deca-BDE products were the dominant source. The average concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, and Zn in these same dust samples were 10.1, 0.495, 112, 54.7, 0.150, 71.8, 10.6, and 186 mg kg(-1), respectively. The geoaccumulation index suggests that road dusts in this area are moderately to heavily polluted with Cd, Hg, and Sb. This study shows that plastic waste processing is a major source of toxic pollutants in road dusts in this area. Although the health risk from exposure to dust PBDEs was low, levels of some heavy metals in this dust exceeded acceptable risk levels for children and are of great concern.
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