Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil and sediment from an electronic waste recycling facility.
Soil and sediment collected in the vicinity of an open electronic waste disposal and recycling facility located in Guiyu, Guangdong, China, were analyzed for the levels of common polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by using soxhlet extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The PBDEs were detected in the soil and sediment samples at levels of 0.26-824 ng/g (dry weight). The obtained isomer profiles of PBDEs from the two soil samples collected from different contamination sites were found to be similar to various technical formulations of fire retardant products.
Wang
Dongli
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Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Cai
Zongwei
Z
Jiang
Guibin
G
Leung
Anna
A
Wong
Ming H
MH
Wong
Wai Kwok
WK
D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004581:Electronics; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D045483:Rivers; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D005411:Flame Retardants; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical