Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soil and outdoor dust from a multi-functional area of Shanghai: levels, compositional profiles and interrelationships

Ming-Hong Wu; Jing-Cheng Pei; Ming Zheng; Liang Tang; Yang-Yang Bao; Ben-Tuo Xu; Rui Sun; Yan-Feng Sun; Gang Xu; Jian-Qiu Lei

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.022

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soil and outdoor dust from a multi-functional area of Shanghai: levels, compositional profiles and interrelationships

Chemosphere. 2015 Jan:118:87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.022. Epub 2014 Jul 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Applied Radiation of Shanghai, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, PR China.
² Institute of Applied Radiation of Shanghai, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, PR China. Electronic address: xugang@shu.edu.cn.
³ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, PR China.

PMID: 25033108
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.022

Abstract

In this study, 14 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) congeners were investigated in soil and outdoor dust taken from Jiading District, Shanghai City. The concentrations of Σ13PBDEs (BDE-17, BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-66, BDE-71, BDE-85, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-138, BDE-153, BDE-154, BDE-183 and BDE-190) and BDE-209 ranged from 0.37 to 32.9ngg(-1) and 4.31 to 141.8ngg(-1) dry weight (dw) in soil. Concentrations in outdoor dust ranged from 1.03 to 112.5ngg(-1) and 6.71 to 342.1ngg(-1) (dw) for Σ13PBDEs and BDE-209. BDE-209 was the predominant congener both in soil and outdoor dust, but the BDE-209 contribution was much lower in dust compared with that in soil. A significant correlation between PBDEs congeners and specific land use type was observed, and principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that the major source of PBDE in samples was associated with prevalent use of technical Deca-BDE, which also suggested the contributions from Penta-BDE and Octa-BDE mixtures. Canonical correlation analysis suggested the two sets of PBDEs data (soil and outdoor dust) were uncorrelated, and Spearman correlation coefficient matrix implied that the degradation pathways of PBDEs were different between soil and outdoor dust.

Keywords: Canonical correlation analysis; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Principal component analysis (PCA); Soil and outdoor dust.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants / analysis
China
Cities
Dust / analysis*
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / analysis*
Soil / chemistry*
Soil Pollutants / analysis*

Substances

Air Pollutants
Dust
Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
Soil
Soil Pollutants
decabromobiphenyl ether