Identification and spatial distribution of organophosphorus flame retardants in surface soils from typical petrochemical industry and flame retardant production parks in China

IF 7.6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Pollution Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125972

Zhiyong Fan, Chaoyang Long, Xiang Ge, Zhaofa Huang, Helong Ren, Yingxin Yu, Taicheng An

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Abstract

Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) are widely used as flame retardants and plasticizers in various industries. As for the petrochemical industry, many petrochemical products such as lubricant base oil, gasoline, etc., require the use of OPFRs in their production processes. However, the emission characteristics of OPFRs from the petrochemical industry are limited. Thus, this study investigated the OPFR characteristics from three petrochemical industry parks, as well as one flame-retardant manufacturing park. There were 196 samples collected and thirteen OPFRs were analyzed. The median OPFR concentrations were 5.29–12.3 and 2.62 ng/g in three petrochemical industry parks and the flame-retardant manufacturing park, respectively. The OPFR compositions differed between petrochemical industry parks and flame-retardant production park. Chlorinated-OPFRs (especially TCIPP) accounting for ≥64.2% of the composition of soil OPFRs and alkyl-OPFRs (80.5%) were the respective predominant congeners in the petrochemical industry parks and the flame-retardant manufacturing park. Spatial distribution analysis revealed OPFR pollution within the park’s vicinity, extending toward the surrounding areas. Principal component analysis further revealed that OPFRs primarily originated from industrial emissions, polyurethane foam use, and oil-related emissions for the petrochemical industry parks. However, high concentrations were also found in residential areas, farmlands, and populated areas from the flame-retardant manufacturing park and surrounding areas, indicating other potential sources. Summarily, this study provided insight into the contamination characteristics of OPFRs from typical industrial parks and their surroundings.

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Environmental Pollution 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

16.00

自引率

6.70%

发文量

2082

审稿时长

2.9 months

期刊介绍： Environmental Pollution is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality research papers and review articles covering all aspects of environmental pollution and its impacts on ecosystems and human health. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: • Sources and occurrences of pollutants that are clearly defined and measured in environmental compartments, food and food-related items, and human bodies; • Interlinks between contaminant exposure and biological, ecological, and human health effects, including those of climate change; • Contaminants of emerging concerns (including but not limited to antibiotic resistant microorganisms or genes, microplastics/nanoplastics, electronic wastes, light, and noise) and/or their biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Laboratory and field studies on the remediation/mitigation of environmental pollution via new techniques and with clear links to biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Modeling of pollution processes, patterns, or trends that is of clear environmental and/or human health interest; • New techniques that measure and examine environmental occurrences, transport, behavior, and effects of pollutants within the environment or the laboratory, provided that they can be clearly used to address problems within regional or global environmental compartments.