Human exposure levels of PAEs in an e-waste recycling area: Get insight into impacts of spatial variation and manipulation mode
| Autor: | Hongwen Sun, Peng Zhang, Litao Jin, Jiaping Xu, Xia Hua, Yishuang Duan, Xiaoying Li, Mengqi Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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China
animal structures 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Phthalic Acids 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Electronic Waste chemistry.chemical_compound Exposure level Humans Recycling Waste recycling Cities lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science lcsh:GE1-350 Phthalate Esters chemistry Human exposure Environmental chemistry Environmental science Spatial variability Occupational exposure Plastics |
| Zdroj: | Environment International, Vol 133, Iss, Pp-(2019) |
| ISSN: | 0160-4120 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105143 |
| Popis: | Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) are one important category of additives in plastics, which are ubiquitous products of e-waste recycling areas, where PAEs are released to the environment intensively and higher exposure level is expected for the employees. This study investigated human exposure levels of PAEs in an e-waste recycling area (Ziya Circular Economy Park (ZCEP) in Tianjin, China) with intending to explore the impacts of residence spatial variation and dismantling manipulation mode. We collected 157 urine samples from three sites around ZCEP with different distances from the core dismantling site and urinary phthalate metabolites (mPAEs) concentrations were measured and were compared among these three sites. The exposure levels of PAEs exhibited spatial variation according to the distance from the core dismantling site, and urinary median ∑mPAEs concentrations (389 ng/mL) of the employees in ZCEP were significantly higher than those of residents in Ziya town (285 ng/mL) and the downtown of Jinghai district (207 ng/mL) (p 0.05). Besides, there was no correlation between exposure levels of different PAEs and their physicochemical parameters like the logKow (p > 0.05). Keywords: Occupational exposure, Phthalic acid esters, E-waste recycling area, Dismantling manipulation modes |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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