CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 57Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances researchPesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies

The DOI matches its Crossref record.

Spatio-temporal variations and input patterns on the legacy and novel brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in coastal rivers of North China

Open access
Liu, Lin, Zhen, Xiaomei, Wang, Xinming, Zhang, Daochang, Sun, Linting, Tang, Jianhui·2021·Environmental Pollution
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117093
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) has been subject to restrictions since 2018 in developed countries but is still manufacturing in China. Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) is widely used as a replacement for BDE209. To better understand the behaviors and fates of these legacy and novel brominated flame retardants (BFRs), water samples were collected from the estuaries of 36 rivers that drain into the Bohai Sea (BS) and North Yellow Sea (NYS) in 2017 and 2018. The results showed that BDE209 was still the predominant compound with a median concentration of 2470 pg L -1 , whereas DBDPE had a median concentration of 129 pg L -1 . Spatially, relatively high concentrations were observed in the rivers near Laizhou Bay (LB), which is the manufacturing hub of BFRs. BDE209 concentrations were significantly higher in dry season than in wet season, which indicates a dominant process of dilution by precipitation during the wet season. DBDPE concentration showed no significant seasonal difference. This implies that wet deposition was the major additional source of DBDPE during the wet season, and the concentration increased further during the autumn as a result of a time-lag effect. The BFR concentrations in urban rivers were lower than those reported by a study undertaken in August 2013. An increase in the BFR concentrations in rural rivers since 2013 suggested increases in the use and non-point source emissions of BFRs in some remote aquatic environments. The estimated annual inputs of BDE…

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117093

Cites

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Citations

Cites

No references could be resolved yet.

Research works printed but not linked: 58

  1. Brits, 2016, Critical review of the analysis of brominated flame retardants and their environmental levels in Africa, Chemosphere, 164, 174, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.097 · DOI
  2. Brown, 2018, The distribution and trends of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in marine mammals from Canada’s Eastern Arctic, Sci. Total Environ., 618, 500, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.052 · DOI
  3. Carlsson, 2018, New brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in the Arctic: local sources and bioaccumulation potential in marine benthos, Chemosphere, 211, 1193, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.158 · DOI
  4. Chen, 2019, Temporal and seasonal variation and ecological risk evaluation of flame retardants in seawater and sediments from Bohai Bay near Tianjin, China during 2014 to 2017, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 146, 874, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.049 · DOI
  5. Chen, 2020, Trends of production, consumption and environmental emissions of Decabromodiphenyl ether in mainland China, Environ. Pollut., 260, 114022, 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114022 · DOI
  6. Covaci, 2011, Novel brominated flame retardants: a review of their analysis, environmental fate and behaviour, Environ. Int., 37, 532, 10.1016/j.envint.2010.11.007 · DOI
  7. Cristale, 2013, Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in the River Aire (UK), Environ. Pollut., 179, 194, 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.001 · DOI
  8. Daso, 2013, Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and 2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-hexabromobiphenyl (BB-153) in water samples from the Diep River, Cape Town, South Africa, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int., 20, 5168, 10.1007/s11356-013-1503-6 · DOI
  9. Ezechias, 2014, Ecotoxicity and biodegradability of new brominated flame retardants: a review, Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 110, 153, 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.08.030 · DOI
  10. Gdara, 2018, Seasonal occurrence, source evaluation and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in industrial and agricultural effluents discharged in Wadi El Bey (Tunisia), Environ. Geochem. Health, 40, 1609, 10.1007/s10653-018-0075-2 · DOI
  11. Gong, 2017, Distribution and development of bromine resources, Shandong Chemical Industry, 46, 50
  12. Guan, 2009, Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in riverine runoff of the Pearl River Delta, China: assessment of mass loading, input source and environmental fate, Environ. Pollut., 157, 618, 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.011 · DOI
  13. Gui, 2018, Levels and trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins from the Pearl River Estuary (2012-2017), Mar. Pollut. Bull., 131, 693, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.058 · DOI
  14. Gunnarsson, 1995, vol. 24, 383
  15. Han, 2020, Spatial and seasonal variations of organic corrosion inhibitors in the Pearl River, South China: contributions of sewage discharge and urban rainfall runoff, Environ. Pollut., 262, 114321, 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114321 · DOI
  16. He, 2018, Spatiotemporal variability of hydrocarbons in surface sediments from an intensively human-impacted Xiaoqing River-Laizhou Bay system in the eastern China: occurrence, compositional profile and source apportionment, Sci. Total Environ., 645, 1172, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.193 · DOI
  17. Hu, 2019, Halogenated flame retardants in mangrove sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, South China: comparison with historical data and correlation with microbial community, Chemosphere, 227, 315, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.075 · DOI
  18. Huang, 2014, Atmospheric depositional fluxes and sources apportionment of organochlorine pesticides in the Pearl River Delta region, South China, Environ. Monit. Assess., 186, 247, 10.1007/s10661-013-3370-5 · DOI
  19. Jarova, 2016, Environmental assessment of PBDEs contamination in the Svitava River, Czech republic, Neuroendocrinol. Lett., 37, 45
  20. Jin, 2008, Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in plant, shellfish and sediment samples from Laizhou Bay in China, Chemosphere, 71, 1043, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.11.041 · DOI
  21. Law, 2006, Bioaccumulation and tropic transfer of some brominated flame retardants in a lake Winnipeg (Canada) food web, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 25, 2177, 10.1897/05-500R.1 · DOI
  22. Li, 2010, Particle deposition fluxes of BDE-209, PAHs, DDTs and chlordane in the Pearl River delta, south China, Sci. Total Environ., 408, 3664, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.048 · DOI
  23. Li, 2020, Effect of anthropogenic activities on the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic suspended particulate matter: evidence from Rhine and Elbe Rivers, Water Res., 179, 115901, 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115901 · DOI
  24. Li, 2019, Halogenated flame retardants in the sediments of the Chinese Yellow Sea and East China Sea, Chemosphere, 234, 365, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.115 · DOI
  25. Liang, 2019, Spatiotemporal distribution, source apportionment and ecological risk assessment of PBDEs and PAHs in the Guanlan River from rapidly urbanizing areas of Shenzhen, China, Environ. Pollut., 250, 695, 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.107 · DOI
  26. Liang, 2018, Flux and source-sink relationship of heavy metals and arsenic in the Bohai Sea, China, Environ. Pollut., 242, 1353, 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.011 · DOI
  27. Liu, 2020, Legacy and novel halogenated flame retardants in seawater and atmosphere of the Bohai Sea: spatial trends, seasonal variations, and influencing factors, Water Res., 184, 116117, 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116117 · DOI
  28. Ma, 2015, The spatial distribution of organochlorine pesticides and halogenated flame retardants in the surface sediments of an Arctic fjord: the influence of ocean currents vs. glacial runoff, Chemosphere, 119, 953, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.012 · DOI
  29. Mahmood, 2015, Distribution, congener profile, and risk of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and dechlorane plus in water and sediment from two tributaries of the Chenab River, Pakistan, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 83, 10.1007/s00244-014-0074-y · DOI
  30. Makey, 2016, Polybrominated diphenyl ether exposure and thyroid function tests in north American adults, Environ. Health Perspect., 124, 420, 10.1289/ehp.1509755 · DOI
  31. McDonough, 2016, Spatial distribution and air-water exchange of organic flame retardants in the lower great lakes, Environ. Sci. Technol., 50, 9133, 10.1021/acs.est.6b02496 · DOI
  32. McGrath, 2018, Spatial distribution of novel and legacy brominated flame retardants in soils surrounding two Australian electronic waste recycling facilities, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52, 8194, 10.1021/acs.est.8b02469 · DOI
  33. Morris, 2018, Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and alternative halogenated flame retardants in a vegetation–caribou–wolf food chain of the Canadian arctic, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52, 3136, 10.1021/acs.est.7b04890 · DOI
  34. Oros, 2005, Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in water, surface sediments, and bivalves from the san Francisco estuary, Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 33, 10.1021/es048905q · DOI
  35. Pan, 2011, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the riverine and marine sediments of the Laizhou Bay area, North China, J. Environ. Monit., 13, 886, 10.1039/c1em10169b · DOI
  36. Pei, 2018, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in water, surface sediment, and suspended particulate matter from the Yellow River, China: levels, spatial and seasonal distribution, and source contribution, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 129, 106, 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.017 · DOI
  37. Shao, 2016, Trophic magnification of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the marine food web from coastal area of Bohai Bay, North China, Environ. Pollut., 213, 379, 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.034 · DOI
  38. Shi, 2017, Influence of blooms of phytoplankton on concentrations of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sediments and snails in a hyper-eutrophic, freshwater lake, Water Res., 113, 22, 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.059 · DOI
  39. Simond, 2017, Temporal trends of PBDEs and emerging flame retardants in belugas from the St. Lawrence Estuary (Canada) and comparisons with minke whales and Canadian Arctic belugas, Environ. Res., 156, 494, 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.058 · DOI
  40. Su, 2017, Legacy and emerging halogenated flame retardants in the middle and lower stream of the Yellow River, Sci. Total Environ., 601–602, 1619, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.045 · DOI
  41. Tait, 2017, Relative toxicological ranking of eight polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners using cytotoxicity, chemical properties and exposure data, Food Chem. Toxicol., 108, 74, 10.1016/j.fct.2017.07.041 · DOI
  42. Tao, 2017, Emerging and legacy flame retardants in UK human milk and food suggest slow response to restrictions on use of PBDEs and HBCDD, Environ. Int., 105, 95, 10.1016/j.envint.2017.05.010 · DOI
  43. Vetter, 2017, Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in eggs from birds of prey from Southern Germany, 2014, Environ. Pollut., 231, 569, 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.047 · DOI
  44. Wang, 2018, Legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in indoor dust from Beijing, China: occurrence, human exposure assessment and evidence for PBDEs replacement, Sci. Total Environ., 618, 48, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.049 · DOI
  45. Wang, 2015, Occurrence and spatial distribution of organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers in 40 rivers draining into the Bohai Sea, north China, Environ. Pollut., 198, 172, 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.12.037 · DOI
  46. Wang, 2013, Short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in air and soil of subtropical terrestrial environment in the pearl river delta, South China: distribution, composition, atmospheric deposition fluxes, and environmental fate, Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 2679, 10.1021/es304425r · DOI
  47. Wang, 2017, Characterization of PBDEs and novel brominated flame retardants in seawater near a coastal mariculture area of the Bohai Sea, China, Sci. Total Environ., 580, 1446, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.114 · DOI
  48. Wu, 2019, The occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) contamination in soil, water/sediment, and air, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int., 26, 23219, 10.1007/s11356-019-05768-w · DOI
  49. Xie, 2011, Brominated flame retardants in seawater and atmosphere of the Atlantic and the Southern Ocean, Environental Science & Technology, 45, 1820, 10.1021/es103803t · DOI
  50. Xiong, 2016, Emission patterns and risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and bromophenols in water and sediments from the Beijiang River, South China, Environ. Pollut., 219, 596, 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.021 · DOI
  51. Yan, 2018, Effects of coexisting BDE-47 on the migration and biodegradation of BDE-99 in river-based aquifer media recharged with reclaimed water, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int., 25, 5140, 10.1007/s11356-017-9143-x · DOI
  52. Yang, 2020, Seasonal variation and the distribution of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in various matrices affected by algae in the eutrophic water environment of the pearl river delta, China, Environ. Pollut., 263, 114462, 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114462 · DOI
  53. Yu, 2016, Brominated flame retardants (BFRs): a review on environmental contamination in China, Chemosphere, 150, 479, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.034 · DOI
  54. Zhang, 2019, Halogenated organic pollutants in sediments and organisms from mangrove wetlands of the Jiulong River Estuary, South China, Environ. Res., 171, 145, 10.1016/j.envres.2019.01.028 · DOI
  55. Zhao, 2011, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Daliao River Estuary, China: levels, distribution and their influencing factors, Chemosphere, 82, 1262, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.032 · DOI
  56. Zhen, 2018, From headwaters to estuary: distribution and fate of halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in a river basin near the largest HFR manufacturing base in China, Sci. Total Environ., 621, 1370, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.091 · DOI
  57. Zhen, 2016, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and alternative brominated flame retardants (aBFRs) in sediments from four bays of the Yellow Sea, North China, Environ. Pollut., 213, 386, 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.042 · DOI
  58. Zheng, 2016, Bioaccumulation characteristics of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the marine food web of Bohai Bay, Chemosphere, 150, 424, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.110 · DOI

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Metadata

Authors
Liu, L., Zhen, X., Wang, X., Zhang, D., Sun, L., & Tang, J.
Affiliations
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Tang, Jianhui
ORCID
Venue
Environmental Pollution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-08
Volume
283
Pages
117093
ISSN
0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117093
OpenAlex
W3143402257
Cited by
57
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 3
FWCI
3.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Environmental Pollution (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (41773138)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (COMS2019J08)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Keywords
brominated flame retardants, BDE-209, decabromodiphenyl ethane, coastal rivers, estuaries, Bohai Sea, North Yellow Sea, seasonal variation, wet deposition, ecological risk, Xiaoqing River, Laizhou Bay
MeSH terms
China, Environmental Monitoring, Flame Retardants, Humans, Rivers, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review