Distribution and formation of chlorophenols and bromophenols in marine and riverine environments

Chronic exposure to environmental levels of tribromophenol impairs zebrafish reproduction

“…TBP has been detected in surface water (Blythe et al, 2006;Polo et al, 2006;López et al, 2009), drinking water, waste-treatment-facility effluent, sludge, and soil samples (Howe et al, 2005;Gutiérrez et al, 2005). For instance, the concentration of TBP ranged from 1 to 6 ng/L in German Bight (Reineke et al, 2006) and 0.378 to 20.2 ng/L in Korea (Sim et al, 2009). The maximum reported concentrations in surface fresh water were 0.3 μg/L for TBP in Saitama Prefecture in Japan (IUCLID, 2003).…”

“…The maximum reported concentrations in surface fresh water were 0.3 μg/L for TBP in Saitama Prefecture in Japan (IUCLID, 2003). TBP in marine sediments ranged from 1.6 to 9 μg/kg dry weight in Korea (Sim et al, 2009), while high content was detected in surficial sediments in Rhone estuary France (26-3690 μg/ kg dry weight) (Tolosa et al, 1991). In previous studies, TBP was commonly detected in a variety of marine organisms, including marine fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae, and polychaetes; for example, TBP has been detected in the mussels and blubber of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) (Vetter and Janussen, 2005).…”

Emission patterns and risk assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and bromophenols in water and sediments from the Beijiang River, South China

“…So this compound could be detected in some water or sediment samples from the Beijiang River. Previous studies also reported that the concentrations of TBP and PeBP in water and sediments collected from an electronic waste recycling site in Guangdong Province, China, ranged from < DL to 320 ng L À1 (TBP) and from < DL to 37 ng L À1 (PeBP) in water, and from < DL to 47 ng g À1 d.w. (TBP) and from < DL to 25 ng g À1 d.w. (PeBP) in sediments (Xiong et al, 2015), and the riverine areas and the marine environments near a nuclear power plant in Korea, ranged from 0.378 to 20.2 ng L À1 (TBP) in seawater and from < DL to 3.34 ng L À1 (TBP) in riverine water, and ranged from < DL to 6.31 ng g À1 d.w. in sediments (Sim et al, 2009). These levels of concentrations were higher than those of this study.…”

Hydroxylated PBDEs and brominated phenolic compounds in particulate matters emitted during recycling of waste printed circuit boards in a typical e-waste workshop of South China

“…BPs may be released into the environment as the major degradation products of other BFRs (Sim et al, 2009), or as the products of the gas phase reaction between PBDEs and OH radicals (Raff and Hites, 2006). Additionally, BPs can also be formed by several marine organisms and have been identified as a key natural flavor component of marine fish (Hassenklover et al, 2006;Whitfield et al, 1998).…”