Occurrence and exposure assessment of bisphenol analogues in source water and drinking water in China. 2019

Haifeng Zhang, and Yangping Zhang, and Jiabao Li, and Min Yang
Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

Bisphenol analogues (BPs) are widely used in the production of epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics. In recent years, the demand and production capacity of BPs are growing rapidly in China. However, knowledge on the occurrence of BPs other than bisphenol A (BPA) in the aquatic environment, especially in source and drinking water, is still limited. In this study, occurrence of 16 BPs, which have been used in various industrial applications, was investigated in source and drinking water from twenty drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) across China. In source water, BPA, bisphenol AF (BPAF), bisphenol B (BPB), bisphenol E (BPE), bisphenol F (BPF), and bisphenol S (BPS) were detected at the following concentration ranges: BPA (n.d.-34.9 ng/L), BPAF (n.d.-10.8 ng/L), BPB (n.d.-14.3 ng/L), BPE (n.d.-6.2 ng/L), BPF (n.d.-12.6 ng/L), and BPS (n.d.-5.2 ng/L). In drinking water BPA, BPAF, BPB, BPE, BPF, and BPS were detected as follows: BPA (n.d. - 6.5 ng/L), BPAF (n.d.-4.7 ng/L), BPB (n.d.-3.2 ng/L), BPE (n.d.-0.6 ng/L), BPF (n.d.-0.9 ng/L), and BPS (n.d.-1.6 ng/L). In addition, to assess the exposure of BPs through drinking water consumption, the estimated daily intake of each detected BPs was calculated. The estimated daily intake (EDIs) was below 0.25 ng/kg bw/day for each detected BPs, much lower than the tentative oral reference dose (RfD) values for BPA (4 μg/kg bw/day) recommended by the European Food Safety Authority.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010636 Phenols Benzene derivatives that include one or more hydroxyl groups attached to the ring structure.
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D004784 Environmental Monitoring The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment. Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D000074341 Dietary Exposure The exposure to potentially harmful factors such as trace heavy metals, chemicals, radiation, or toxins due to FOOD CONTAMINATION including DRINKING WATER contamination. Exposure, Dietary
D001559 Benzhydryl Compounds Compounds which contain the methyl radical substituted with two benzene rings. Permitted are any substituents, but ring fusion to any of the benzene rings is not allowed. Diphenylmethyl Compounds,Compounds, Benzhydryl,Compounds, Diphenylmethyl
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water
D060766 Drinking Water Water that is intended to be ingested. Bottled Water,Potable Water,Water, Bottled,Water, Drinking,Water, Potable

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