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American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology, 11(48), p. 6133-6140, 2014

DOI: 10.1021/es500911d

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Organophosphate and Halogenated Flame Retardants in Atmospheric Particles from a European Arctic Site

Journal article published in 2014 by Amina Salamova, Mark H. Hermanson ORCID, Ronald A. Hites
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Abstract

Levels of 13 organophosphate esters (OPEs) and 45 brominated and chlorinated flame retardants (BFRs) were measured in particle phase atmospheric samples collected at Longyearbyen on Svalbard in the European Arctic from September 2012 to May 2013. Total OPE (ΣOPEs) concentrations ranged from 33 to 1450 pg/m(3), with the mean ΣOPE concentration of 430 ± 57 pg/m(3). The nonchlorinated tri-n-butyl phosphate (TnBP) and 2-ethylhexyl-diphenyl phosphate (EHDPP) were the most abundant OPE congeners measured, and the sum of all nonchlorinated OPE concentrations comprised ∼75% of the ΣOPE concentrations. The most abundant chlorinated OPE was tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP). Total BFR concentrations (ΣBFRs) were in the range of 3-77 pg/m(3), with a mean concentration of 15 ± 3 pg/m(3). 2-Ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB) and bis(2-ethylhexyl)tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) were among the relatively abundant BFRs measured in these samples and comprised ∼46% and 17% of ΣBFR concentrations, respectively. Total PBDE (ΣPBDE) concentrations constituted ∼37% of ΣBFR concentrations on average and ranged from 1 to 31 pg/m(3). The most abundant PBDE congener was BDE-209, which contributed 24% to ΣPBDE concentrations. Dechlorane Plus (DP) was detected in all of the samples, and ΣDP concentrations (syn- + anti-DP concentrations) ranged from 0.05 to 5 pg/m(3). Overall, ΣOPE concentrations were 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than the ΣBFR concentrations.