The importance of environmental factors and matrices in the adsorption, desorption, and toxicity of butyltins: a review.
Butyltins (BTs) are considered as a group of the most important organometallic compounds in industry and agriculture. Due to their widespread use, large amounts of BTs including tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT), and monobutyltin (MBT) have entered into the environment, and subsequently causing detrimental effects on humans and aquatic organisms. This work provides a critical review of recent studies on the adsorption, desorption, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of BTs that can notably influence the distribution of BTs in the environment. Influence of environmental factors (e.g., pH and salinity) and adsorbents in the matrices (e.g., minerals, organic carbons, and quartz) on the adsorption, desorption, and toxicity of BTs is particularly addressed.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Sciences and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. jegfang@gmail.com.
Liping
L
Fang
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Sciences and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
Cuihong
C
Xu
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Sciences and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. 841594275@qq.com.
Ji
J
Li
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Ole K
OK
Borggaard
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Sciences and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.|State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
Dongsheng
D
Wang
D000327:Adsorption; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000633:toxicity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
D009947:Organotin Compounds; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C516409:mono-n-butyltin; C056189:di-n-butyltin
Adsorption; Bioavailability; Desorption; Organotins; Toxicology