Summer atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban and rural areas of northern China

Chen Wang; Wei Li; Jiwei Chen; Hongqijie Wang; Tongchao Li; Guofeng Shen; Huizhong Shen; Ye Huang; Rong Wang; Bin Wang; Yanyan Zhang; Jianhui Tang; Wenxin Liu; Xilong Wang; Shu Tao

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.041

Summer atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban and rural areas of northern China

Chen Wang
, Wei Li
, Jiwei Chen
, Hongqijie Wang
, Tongchao Li
, Guofeng Shen
, Huizhong Shen
, Ye Huang
, Rong Wang
, Bin Wang
, Yanyan Zhang
, Jianhui Tang
, Wenxin Liu
, Xilong Wang
, Shu Tao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

High levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been extensively reported in urban areas and at e-waste recycling sites in coastal China. However, data are scarce in northern China and are not available in rural areas at all. In addition, it is often believed that air concentrations in rural areas are lower than those in urban areas without distinguishing rural residential areas and open fields. In this study, air samples were collected at 17 sites covering urban and rural (residential and open field) areas in northern China using active samplers. With BDE-209 dominated in all congeners, the average concentrations of BDE-209 (41 ± 72 pg/m³) and other 13 PBDEs (16 ± 12 pg/m³) were significantly lower than those found in south China, such as in Guangzhou or Hong Kong. On average, the total PBDE concentrations at the urban sites were 2.2 and 2.9 times of those at the rural residential and field sites, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	234-240
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	171
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.041
State	Published - Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Ambient air
North China
PBDEs
Rural areas

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Summer atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban and rural areas of northern China

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