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Uptake, depuration, bioaccumulation, and selective enrichment of dechlorane plus in common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

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Dechlorane plus (DP) is a chlorinated flame retardant with high production volume (HPV) and is widely used in our daily necessities. In the present study, a laboratory-scale microcosm was built up to simulate the uptake, depuration, bioaccumulation, and stereoselective enrichment of DP in a lower concentration and equilibration condition. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were used for 32 days exposure and 32 days depuration. The concentration ratios of syn-DP to total DP (fsyn values) in fish examined were lower than that in commercial products. Rate constants of uptake (kS) and elimination (ke) for the syn- and anti-DP were calculated using a first-order kinetic model. The uptake rate constants of syn- and anti-DP were 0.63 and 0.89 day−1, respectively. The depuration rate constants of syn-DP (0.11 day−1) were similar to anti-DP (0.096 day−1), suggesting that anti-DP is absorbed faster than syn-DP by common carp. The estimated bioconcentration factors for both syn-DP (5700 L/kg) and anti-DP (9300 L/kg) were higher than the bioconcentration hazard criteria outlined in the Stockholm Convention, suggesting the bioconcentration potential to aquatic organisms for DP.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFC1407702), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51879019 and 51609029) and the fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3132019335).

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  1. College of Navigation, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China

    Dapeng Wang

  2. International Joint Research Centre for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China

    Hongliang Jia, Xiaohong Xue, Yi-Fan Li & Weijun Guo

  3. College of Quality and Safety Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Wen-Jun Hong

  4. College of Science, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China

    Xiaohong Xue

  5. Institute of Environmental Systems Biology, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China

    Xiaohong Xue & Yeqing Sun

  6. IJRC-PTS, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Yi-Fan Li

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Wang, D., Jia, H., Hong, WJ. et al. Uptake, depuration, bioaccumulation, and selective enrichment of dechlorane plus in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 6269–6277 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07239-8

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