Organophosphate flame retardants in leachates from six municipal landfills across China. 2019

Chengdu Qi, and Gang Yu, and Mengmeng Zhong, and Guilong Peng, and Jun Huang, and Bin Wang
School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), Beijing Key Laboratory for Emerging Organic Contaminants Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

With the phasing out of brominated flame retardants, organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) have been widely used and further detected in multiple environmental media. However, municipal landfill leachates, an important source of contamination of OPFRs to aquatic environment, have not been fully understood, especially in a developing country like China. Thus, the occurrence, aqueous removal efficiency, environmental emission, and risk assessment of 10 OPFRs were investigated in leachates from six municipal landfills across China. The results indicated that except triethyl phosphate (TEP), the remaining 9 OPFRs were detected in both raw and final leachates with different frequencies higher than 33.3%. The range of total concentrations of OPFRs (ΣOPFRs) across China was 29.0-437 and 0.652-32.4 μg L-1 in raw and final leachates, respectively. Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) was the dominant species and accounted for 78.5% and 85.8% of average ΣOPFR concentration in raw and final leachates, respectively. This may be because TCEP is the most prevalently used OPFR in China. The overall aqueous removal efficiency of ΣOPFRs across China ranged from 57.7% to 99.8%. Tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate was the most removed species (98.8%), whereas TCEP was the least removed species (91.5%). The annual emissions of ΣOPFRs discharged into the aquatic environment from municipal landfills across China were estimated to be between 170 and 7094 g. Further risk assessment based on risk quotient values in the final leachates showed that most OPFRs posed negligible risk except TCEP (medium and high risk) and tributyl phosphate (medium risk).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010755 Organophosphates Carbon-containing phosphoric acid derivatives. Included under this heading are compounds that have CARBON atoms bound to one or more OXYGEN atoms of the P( Organophosphate,Phosphates, Organic,Phosphoric Acid Esters,Organopyrophosphates,Acid Esters, Phosphoric,Esters, Phosphoric Acid,Organic Phosphates
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D004787 Environmental Pollution Contamination of the air, bodies of water, or land with substances that are harmful to human health and the environment. Pollution, Environmental,Soil Pollution,Pollution, Soil
D005411 Flame Retardants Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm. Fire Retardant,Fire Retardants,Fireproofing Agent,Fireproofing Agents,Flame Retardant,Agent, Fireproofing,Agents, Fireproofing,Retardant, Fire,Retardant, Flame,Retardants, Fire,Retardants, Flame
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
D052918 Environmental Restoration and Remediation Restoration of an environment, ecosystem, or habitat that was physically damaged during land development or by natural disaster, or contaminated by ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. This is accomplished by various chemical, biological, and bulk movement methods, in conjunction with ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. Environmental Cleanup,Environmental Remediation,Environmental Restoration,Pollution Remediation,Site Remediation,Cleanup, Environmental,Cleanups, Environmental,Environmental Cleanups,Environmental Remediations,Remediation, Environmental,Remediation, Pollution,Remediation, Site,Remediations, Environmental,Remediations, Site,Restoration, Environmental,Site Remediations
D018570 Risk Assessment The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988) Assessment, Risk,Benefit-Risk Assessment,Risk Analysis,Risk-Benefit Assessment,Health Risk Assessment,Risks and Benefits,Analysis, Risk,Assessment, Benefit-Risk,Assessment, Health Risk,Assessment, Risk-Benefit,Benefit Risk Assessment,Benefit-Risk Assessments,Benefits and Risks,Health Risk Assessments,Risk Analyses,Risk Assessment, Health,Risk Assessments,Risk Benefit Assessment,Risk-Benefit Assessments
D064091 Waste Disposal Facilities Sites that receive and store WASTE PRODUCTS. Some facilities also sort, process, and recycle specific waste products. Landfills,Waste Disposal Sites,Waste Dump Sites,Waste Dumping Grounds,Waste Dumping Sites,Waste Dumps,Disposal Facilities, Waste,Disposal Facility, Waste,Disposal Site, Waste,Disposal Sites, Waste,Dump Site, Waste,Dump Sites, Waste,Dump, Waste,Dumping Ground, Waste,Dumping Grounds, Waste,Dumping Site, Waste,Dumping Sites, Waste,Dumps, Waste,Facilities, Waste Disposal,Facility, Waste Disposal,Ground, Waste Dumping,Grounds, Waste Dumping,Landfill,Site, Waste Disposal,Site, Waste Dump,Site, Waste Dumping,Sites, Waste Disposal,Sites, Waste Dump,Sites, Waste Dumping,Waste Disposal Facility,Waste Disposal Site,Waste Dump,Waste Dump Site,Waste Dumping Ground,Waste Dumping Site

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