PMID- 27023809
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170303
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Print)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 13
DP  - 2016 Jul
TI  - The environmental fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in western 
      Taiwan and coastal waters: evaluation with a fugacity-based model.
PG  - 13222-34
LID - 10.1007/s11356-016-6428-4 [doi]
AB  - The environmental fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a group of 
      flame retardants that are considered to be persistent organic pollutants (POPs), 
      around the Zhuoshui River and Changhua County regions of Taiwan was assessed. An 
      investigation into emissions, partitioning, and fate of selected PBDEs was 
      conducted based on the equilibrium constant (EQC) fugacity model developed at 
      Trent University, Canada. Emissions for congeners PBDE 47, PBDE 99, and PBDE 209 
      to air (4.9-92 x 10(-3) kg/h), soil (0.91-17.4 x 10(-3) kg/h), and water 
      (0.21-4.04 x 10(-3) kg/h), were estimated by modifying previous models on PBDE 
      emission rates by considering both industrial and domestic rates. It was found 
      that fugacity modeling can give a reasonable estimation of the behavior, 
      partitioning, and concentrations of PBDE congeners in and around Taiwan. Results 
      indicate that PBDE congeners have a high affinity for partitioning into sediments 
      then soils. As congener number decreases, the PBDEs then partition more readily 
      into air. As the degree of bromination increases, congeners more readily 
      partition to sediments. Sediments may then act as a long-term source of PBDEs 
      which can be released back into the water column due to resuspension during storm 
      events.
FAU - O'Driscoll, Kieran
AU  - O'Driscoll K
AD  - School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, The Queen's University of 
      Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG, UK.
FAU - Robinson, Jill
AU  - Robinson J
AD  - School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, The Queen's University of 
      Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG, UK.
FAU - Chiang, Wen-Son
AU  - Chiang WS
AD  - Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
FAU - Chen, Yang-Yih
AU  - Chen YY
AD  - Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
FAU - Kao, Ruey-Chy
AU  - Kao RC
AD  - Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
FAU - Doherty, Rory
AU  - Doherty R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7583-0592
AD  - School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, The Queen's University of 
      Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG, UK. r.doherty@qub.ac.uk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160329
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 0N97R5X10X (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether)
RN  - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether)
RN  - N80BQ29A0H (decabromobiphenyl ether)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Flame Retardants
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*chemistry
MH  - *Models, Chemical
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - Soil
MH  - Taiwan
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical
PMC - PMC4912977
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Coastal waters
OT  - Fugacity modeling
OT  - Industrial emissions
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
OT  - Taiwan
EDAT- 2016/03/30 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/04 06:00
PMCR- 2016/03/29
CRDT- 2016/03/30 06:00
PHST- 2015/10/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/03/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/03/29 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-6428-4 [pii]
AID - 6428 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-6428-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Jul;23(13):13222-34. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-016-6428-4. Epub 2016 Mar 29.