Assessing the environmental fate of chemicals of emerging concern: a case study of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers

被引：170

作者：

Palm, A

Cousins, IT

Mackay, D ^{[1
]}

Tysklind, M

Metcalfe, C

Alaee, M

机构：

[1] Trent Univ, Canadian Environm Modelling Ctr, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada

[2] Umea Univ, Dept Chem, SE-90187 Umea, Sweden

[3] Natl Water Res Inst Branch, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION | 2002年 / 117卷 / 02期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

polybrominated diphenyl ether; PBDE; fate assessment; model; evaluative;

D O I：

10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00276-7

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

It is suggested that assessments of chemicals of emerging concern can be rationally structured around a multistage process in which fate and risk are evaluated with increasing accuracy as new data become available. An initial tentative and approximate gaps and justify and direct further investigations, which progressively improve the assessment of fate and risk can identify key data g reliability of the assessment. This approach is demonstrated for a class of chemicals, the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which is of increasing concern, but about which there is presently a lack of comprehensive data on properties, sources, fate and effects. Specifically, 20 PBDE congeners are investigated using the suggested approach and research needs are identified. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：195 / 213

页数：19

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