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Ubiquity of bisphenol A in the atmosphere
| Title: | Ubiquity of bisphenol A in the atmosphere |
| Authors: | Fu, Pingqing Browse this author | | Kawamura, Kimitaka Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Bisphenol A (BPA) | | Organic aerosols | | Plastic burning | | 1,3,5-Triphenylbenzene | | Size distribution |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Environmental Pollution |
| Volume: | 158 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Start Page: | 3138 |
| End Page: | 3143 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.040 |
| PMID: | 20678833 |
| Abstract: | Bisphenol A (BPA) is a suspected endocrine disruptor in the environment. However, little is known about its distribution and transport in the atmosphere. Here, the concentrations of BPA in the atmospheric aerosols from urban, rural, marine, and the polar regions were measured using solvent extraction/derivatization and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique. The concentrations of BRA (1-17,400 pg m^[-3]) ranged over 4 orders of magnitude in the world with a declining trend from the continent (except for the Antarctica) to remote sites. A positive correlation was found between BPA and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, a tracer for plastic burning, in urban regions, indicating that the open burning of plastics in domestic waste should be a significant emission source of atmospheric BRA. Our results suggest that the ubiquity of BRA in the atmosphere may raise a requirement for the evaluation of health effects of BRA in order to control its emission sources, for example, from plastic burning. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/44534 |
| Appears in Collections: | 低温科学研究所 (Institute of Low Temperature Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 河村 公隆
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