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Dechlorane Plus and decabromodiphenyl ether in atmospheric particles of northeast Asian cities

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Atmospheric particles were collected in several cities in Japan (Sapporo, Sagamihara, Kanazawa, and Kitakyushu), Korea (Busan), and China (Beijing) using a high-volume air sampler equipped with a quartz fiber filter. The summer and winter samples were analyzed using gas chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry for Dechlorane Plus (DP). Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) was also analyzed for the samples from Kanazawa and Beijing. DP was detected in all samples. The mean total DP (ΣDP) concentration was highest (6.7 pg/m3) and lowest (0.87 pg/m3) in the winter samples from Sagamihara and Busan, respectively. The seasonal variation of DP concentrations varied by sampling site in this study. BDE-209 was detected in all the analyzed samples except for one of the Kanazawa winter samples. BDE-209 concentration was considerably higher in Beijing than in Kanazawa. Significant correlations were found between the concentrations of ΣDP and BDE-209 in the winter samples from Kanazawa and in both summer and winter samples from Beijing. This similarity in the atmospheric behavior of DP and BDE-209, especially in winter, is assumed to reflect a common end usage and release mechanism.

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This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-aid for Young Scientists (B) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (project no. 26860452).

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  1. Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 1-3-69, Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, 537-0025, Japan

    Kensaku Kakimoto, Haruna Nagayoshi, Kazuhiko Akutsu, Yoshimasa Konishi & Keiji Kajimura

  2. Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan

    Kensaku Kakimoto, Kazuichi Hayakawa & Akira Toriba

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Kakimoto, K., Nagayoshi, H., Akutsu, K. et al. Dechlorane Plus and decabromodiphenyl ether in atmospheric particles of northeast Asian cities. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 14600–14605 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-2861-4

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