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Atmospheric levels and distribution of Dechlorane Plus in an E-waste dismantling region of East China

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Atmospheric concentrations of Dechlorane Plus (DP) were investigated in Taizhou, an electronic-waste (E-waste) dismantling region in East China. Passive air samplers with polyurethane foam (PUF) disks were deployed every three months during the sampling period of September 2009–August 2010. The total DP (syn- and anti-DP) concentrations in air ranged from not detected to 277 pg/m3, with a mean concentration of 53.9 pg/m3. A generally declining trend of DP levels was found from the E-waste dismantling region to the peripheral areas. The median values of total DP concentrations in autumn, winter, spring and summer were 52.2, 28.8, 39.7 and 30.1 pg/m3, respectively. The seasonal variations of DP concentrations were mainly associated with the intensity of E-waste dismantling activities and meteorological conditions. The mean value of anti-DP fractional abundance (f anti) was 0.74±0.08, which was consistent with those in the commercial DP products. This study confirmed a significant emission source related to the distribution of atmospheric DP in the E-waste dismantling area and supplied information for the seasonal variation of DP in the atmosphere.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21477156, 21277165), the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB453101) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB14010100).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Huizhong Sun, Yingming Li, Pu Wang, Shucheng Zheng, Julius Matsiko, Dou Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Yanfen Hao, Qinghua Zhang & Guibin Jiang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Huizhong Sun, Shucheng Zheng, Julius Matsiko, Dou Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Yanfen Hao, Qinghua Zhang & Guibin Jiang

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Sun, H., Li, Y., Wang, P. et al. Atmospheric levels and distribution of Dechlorane Plus in an E-waste dismantling region of East China. Sci. China Chem. 60, 305–310 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-0261-6

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