Progress in environmental exposure of organophosphate flame retardants
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.06.022
- VernacularTitle: 有机磷阻燃剂的环境暴露研究进展
- Author:
Jinjian DING
1
;
Fangxing YANG
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Environmental exposure;
Organophosphorus compounds;
Flame retardants
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017;51(6):570-576
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), which have both great properties of flame retardation and plasticization, are currently widely used as additive flame retardants. Due to the restriction and phase-out of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), the market demand for OPFRs as excellent alternatives of BFRs has been rapid increasing. OPFRs can be slowly released into the environment during production and application. Some OPFRs might be persistent in the environment. As a result, OPFRs have been detected in various matrices in the environment and are expected to accumulate in human body through various pathways. OPFRs may cause adverse effects to human health as some of them have been identified as neurotoxicants, reproductive toxicants and potential carcinogens. The article summarized the occurrence and patterns of OPFRs in various environmental matrices such as air, dust, water, food and so on, and in human specimens, estimates the exposure status through different pathways and body burdens of OPFRs. The expected hotspots of OPFRs were also discussed in the future.
