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- * The research found ΣPBDEs concentrations ranging from 2.815 to 7.178 ng/g, with the highest levels in the storage area, particularly for the congener BDE-209.
- * Risk assessment indicated low environmental risk for PBDEs overall, but identified pentaBDE as the major contributor to potential environmental harm.
Article Abstract
Understanding the release of pollutants from the formal e-waste dismantling site could provide the basic information and potential risk to guide the normative regulation of the process. In this study, the distribution of typical polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and heavy metals in a relocating site of a formal e-waste dismantling company was firstly investigated down to the saturated zone, with a maximum depth of 3.0 m. The mean concentrations of ΣPBDEs were ranged from 2.815 to 7.178 ng/g, with a peak value of 7.178 ng/g in storage area. BDE-209 was the predominant congener of PBDEs in the soil, with the value ranged from 1.688 to 2.483 ng/g. A higher pollution of PBDEs and HMs was presented in the storage area. The risk assessment of PBDEs mostly posed a low environmental risk (RQ ≤ 0.01) and pentaBDE was found to be the most harmful driver for the potential environmental risk.
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