Abstract
The concentration and composition of PBDEs in the soils and plants near a typical e-waste recycling site in South China were investigated. The total concentration of PBDEs (ΣPBDEs) in soil ranged from 4.8 to 533 ng/g dry wt. The ΣPBDEs in vegetation were from 2.1 to 217 ng/g dry wt. For the vegetable, the highest concentration of 19.9 ng/g dry wt. was observed in the shoot of Brassica alboglabra L. BDE 209 was the predominant congener in all samples. In comaprison with other e-waste contaminated sites in China, lower concentrations of PBDEs and higher concentrations of PCBs were observed in both soils and plants suggesting different e-waste types involved in the present study. The PBDEs contaminated vegetables around the e-waste dismantling site may pose a potential health risk to the local inhabitants.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2443-2448 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Environmental Pollution |
| Volume | 159 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2011 |
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Keywords
- E-waste
- PBDEs
- Soil
- South China
- Vegetation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Toxicology
- Pollution
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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