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Klimczak M, Liu G, Fernandes AR, Kilanowicz A, Falandysz J. An updated global overview of the manufacture and unintentional formation of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 457:131786. [PMID: 37302193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
This review updates information on the historical manufacture and unintentional production of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). The direct toxicity of PCNs as a result of occupational human exposure and through contaminated feed in livestock was recognised decades ago, making PCNs a precursor chemical for consideration in occupational medicine and occupational safety. This was confirmed by the listing of PCNs by the Stockholm Convention as a persistent organic pollutant in the environment, food, animals and humans. PCNs were manufactured globally between 1910 ∼ 1980, but reliable data on the volumes produced or national outputs are scarce. A total figure for global production would be useful for the purposes of inventory and control and it is clear that combustion related sources such as waste incineration, industrial metallurgy and use of chlorine are current major sources of PCNs to the environment. The upper bound estimate of total global production has been put at 400,000 metric tons but the amounts (at least, many 10 s of tonnes) that are currently emitted unintentionally every year through industrial combustion processes should also be inventoried along with estimates for emissions from bush and forest fires. This would however require considerable national effort, financing and co-operation from source operators. The historical (1910-1970 s) production and resulting emissions through diffusive/evaporative releases through usage, are still reflected in documented occurrence and patterns of PCNs in human milk in Europe and other locations worldwide. More recently, PCN occurrence in human milk from Chinese provinces has been linked to local unintentional emissions from thermal processes.
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- Michał Klimczak
- Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland.
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10-100085, China; College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 12-100049, China.
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- University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland
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- Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland.
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Fernandes AR, Kilanowicz A, Stragierowicz J, Klimczak M, Falandysz J. The toxicological profile of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 837:155764. [PMID: 35545163 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The legacy of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) manufactured during the last century continues to persist in the environment, food and humans. Metrological advances have improved characterisation of these occurrences, enabling studies on the effects of exposure to focus on congener groups and individual PCNs. Liver and adipose tissue show the highest retention but significant levels of PCNs are also retained by the brain and nervous system. Molecular configuration appears to influence tissue disposition as well as retention, favouring the higher chlorinated (≥ four chlorines) PCNs while most lower chlorinated molecules readily undergo hydroxylation and excretion through the renal system. Exposure to PCNs reportedly provokes a wide spectrum of adverse effects that range from hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity and immune response suppression along with endocrine disruption leading to reproductive disorders and embryotoxicity. A number of PCNs, particularly hexachloronaphthalene congeners, elicit AhR mediated responses that are similar to, and occur within similar potency ranges as most dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and some chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs), suggesting a relationship based on molecular size and configuration between these contaminants. Most toxicological responses generally appear to be associated with higher chlorinated PCNs. The most profound effects such as serious and sometimes fatal liver disease, chloracne, and wasting syndrome resulted either from earlier episodes of occupational exposure in humans or from acute experimental dosing of animals at levels that reflected these exposures. However, since the restriction of manufacture and controls on inadvertent production (during combustion processes), the principal route of human and animal exposure is likely to be dietary intake. Therefore, further investigations should include the effects of chronic lower level intake of higher chlorinated PCN congeners that persist in the human diet and subsequently in human and animal tissues. PCNs in the diet should be evaluated cumulatively with other similarly occurring dioxin-like contaminants.
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- Alwyn R Fernandes
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-15 Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-15 Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-15 Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-15 Łódź, Poland
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Teng Z, Han Y, He S, Hadizadeh MH, Zhang Q, Bai X, Wang X, Sun Y, Xu F. The Homogeneous Gas-Phase Formation Mechanism of PCNs from Cross-Condensation of Phenoxy Radical with 2-CPR and 3-CPR: A Theoretical Mechanistic and Kinetic Study. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23115866. [PMID: 35682547 PMCID: PMC9180072 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23115866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Chlorophenols (CPs) and phenol are abundant in thermal and combustion procedures, such as stack gas production, industrial incinerators, metal reclamation, etc., which are key precursors for the formation of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). CPs and phenol can react with H or OH radicals to form chlorophenoxy radicals (CPRs) and phenoxy radical (PhR). The self-condensation of CPRs or cross-condensation of PhR with CPRs is the initial and most important step for PCN formation. In this work, detailed thermodynamic and kinetic calculations were carried out to investigate the PCN formation mechanisms from PhR with 2-CPR/3-CPR. Several energetically advantageous formation pathways were obtained. The rate constants of key elementary steps were calculated over 600~1200 K using the canonical variational transition-state theory (CVT) with the small curvature tunneling (SCT) contribution method. The mechanisms were compared with the experimental observations and our previous works on the PCN formation from the self-condensation of 2-CPRs/3-CPRs. This study shows that naphthalene and 1-monochlorinated naphthalene (1-MCN) are the main PCN products from the cross-condensation of PhR with 2-CPR, and naphthalene and 2-monochlorinated naphthalene (2-MCN) are the main PCN products from the cross-condensation of PhR with 3-CPR. Pathways terminated with Cl elimination are preferred over those terminated with H elimination. PCN formation from the cross-condensation of PhR with 3-CPR can occur much easier than that from the cross-condensation of PhR with 2-CPR. This study, along with the study of PCN formation from the self-condensation 2-CPRs/3-CPRs, can provide reasonable explanations for the experimental observations that the formation potential of naphthalene is larger than that of 1-MCN using 2-CP as a precursor, and an almost equal yield of 1-MCN and 2-MCN can be produced with 3-CP as a precursor.
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- Zhuochao Teng
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China;
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Z.T.); (Y.H.); (M.H.H.); (Q.Z.); (X.B.); (X.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-532-58631992
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Li C, Li J, Lyu B, Wu Y, Yang L, Zheng M, Min Y, Zhang L, Liu G. Burden and Risk of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in Chinese Human Milk and a Global Comparison of Human Exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:6804-6813. [PMID: 33929821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are carcinogenic contaminants. Residues from historical production and ongoing unintentional releases from industrial thermal sources have led to the ubiquitous presence of PCNs in the environment. Our previous study has revealed that unintentional releases may be the main sources of PCNs in human milk from China. However, an assessment of PCN burden in human milk and exposure differences between historical residues and unintentional release exposure has not been conducted. In this study, we performed the first comparison of human exposure to PCNs and evaluated the differences between the estimated health risks from historical residues and unintentional releases. Three characteristic PCN congener patterns found in Chinese human milk specimens collected from 100 cities/counties can be considered characteristic of PCN exposures in regions with unintentional industrial releases as the main PCN sources. The health risk assessment suggested potential noncarcinogenic health effects in infants aged 0-6 months. The hazard index calculated for infants in Sweden indicates a strong impact of historical residues that nonetheless decreases over time, and a comparison of the hazard indices calculated for China and Ireland suggests that ongoing unintentional formation and release of PCNs from industrial processes should be a matter of public health concern.
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- Cui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- Institute of Environment and Health, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310000, China
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Rigby H, Dowding A, Fernandes A, Humphries D, Jones NR, Lake I, Petch RG, Reynolds CK, Rose M, Smith SR. Concentrations of organic contaminants in industrial and municipal bioresources recycled in agriculture in the UK. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 765:142787. [PMID: 33246727 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Many types of bioresource materials are beneficially recycled in agriculture for soil improvement and as alternative bedding materials for livestock, but they also potentially transfer contaminants into plant and animal foods. Representative types of industrial and municipal bioresources were selected to assess the extent of organic chemical contamination, including: (i) land applied materials: treated sewage sludge (biosolids), meat and bone meal ash (MBMA), poultry litter ash (PLA), paper sludge ash (PSA) and compost-like-output (CLO), and (ii) bedding materials: recycled waste wood (RWW), dried paper sludge (DPS), paper sludge ash (PSA) and shredded cardboard. The materials generally contained lower concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) relative to earlier reports, indicating the decline in environmental emissions of these established contaminants. However, concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remain elevated in biosolids samples from urban catchments. Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) were present in larger amounts in biosolids and CLO compared to their chlorinated counterparts and hence are of potentially greater significance in contemporary materials. The presence of non-ortho-polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in DPS was probably due to non-legacy sources of PCBs in paper production. Flame retardent chemicals were one of the most significant and extensive groups of contaminants found in the bioresource materials. Decabromodiphenylether (deca-BDE) was the most abundant polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) and may explain the formation and high concentrations of PBDD/Fs detected. Emerging flame retardant compounds, including: decabromodiphenylethane (DBDPE) and organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), were also detected in several of the materials. The profile of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) depended on the type of waste category; perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) was the most significant PFAS for DPS, whereas perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was dominant in biosolids and CLO. The concentrations of polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs) and di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) were generally much larger than the other contaminants measured, indicating that there are major anthropogenic sources of these potentially hazardous chemicals entering the environment. The study results suggest that continued vigilance is required to control emissions and sources of these contaminants to support the beneficial use of secondary bioresource materials.
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- Hannah Rigby
- Imperial College Consultants Ltd., 58 Prince's Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PG, UK
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- Chemical Contaminants and Residues Branch, Food Safety Policy, Food Standards Agency, Clive House, 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX, UK
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK; University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- The University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Centre for Dairy Research, POB 237, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AR, UK
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- University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK
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- The University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Centre for Dairy Research, POB 237, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AR, UK
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK
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- Imperial College Consultants Ltd., 58 Prince's Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PG, UK.
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Zacs D, Perkons I, Pasecnaja E, Bartkevics V. Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in food products in Latvia: Congener-specific analysis, occurrence, and dietary exposure of the general population. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 264:128460. [PMID: 33035953 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A study was performed to evaluate the dietary exposure of the Latvian population to polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). Based on the toxicological characteristics, provisional levels of occurrence, congener patterns, and the availability of analytical standards, twenty-six congeners were included in the analysis. Considering the planar structure of PCNs, an analytical protocol on the basis of destructive clean-up and isolation of analytes on carbon was applied, while GC-HRMS and isotope dilution were used for the detection and quantification of analytes. Commonly consumed foods were analyzed for the content of PCNs, followed by per capita intake calculations. By applying the available in vitro relative potency (REP) factors, putative toxic equivalents (TEQ) were determined, in order to assess the "dioxin-like" effect arising from the presence of PCNs in food. The daily intake (EDI) for total PCNs (∑PCN) and PCN-TEQ for the general population were calculated to be 116 pg kg-1 body weight (b.w.) and 0.036 pg TEQ kg-1 b.w., respectively. Fish and fish products were found to provide the main contribution to the dietary "dioxin-like" burden of PCNs, constituting ∼60% of the total PCN-TEQ intake. For some fish samples, PCN-TEQ could additionally contribute up to ∼3% to the regulated PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ, while for other matrices this contribution could be lower by an order of magnitude. The obtained data indicated that the estimated dietary exposure to PCNs is likely to be of low concern, although PCN-TEQ could be recognized as a contributor to the overall "dioxin-like" TEQ loading that results from the exposure to halogenated aromatics.
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- D Zacs
- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment"BIOR", Lejupes Iela 3, Riga, LV, 1076, Latvia.
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- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment"BIOR", Lejupes Iela 3, Riga, LV, 1076, Latvia
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- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment"BIOR", Lejupes Iela 3, Riga, LV, 1076, Latvia
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- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment"BIOR", Lejupes Iela 3, Riga, LV, 1076, Latvia
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Stragierowicz J, Stypuła-Trębas S, Radko L, Posyniak A, Nasiadek M, Klimczak M, Kilanowicz A. An assessment of the estrogenic and androgenic properties of tetra- and hexachloronaphthalene by YES/YAS in vitro assays. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128006. [PMID: 33297039 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) exhibit endocrine disrupting activity but studies on some POPs, e.g., polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), are very scarce. The present study investigates the (anti)estrogenic and (anti)androgenic activities of 1,2,3,5,6,7-hexachloronaphthalane (PCN67) and 1,3,5,8-tetrachloronaphthalene (PCN43) using the yeast estrogen and androgen reporter bioassays. Among the tested substances, antiestrogenic response was only shown by PCN67. The strongest inhibition of estrogenic activity (up to 17.4%) was observed in the low concentration ranges (5 pM - 0.5 nM) in the presence of 1.5 nM 17β-estradiol. Both tested compounds showed partial estrogenic activity with a hormetic-type response. However, both studied chemicals showed strong antiandrogenic effects: their potency in the presence of 100 nM 17β-testosterone for PCN43 (IC50 = 2.59 μM) and PCN67 (IC50 = 3.14 μM) was approximately twice that of the reference antiandrogen flutamide (IC50 = 6.14 μM). It cannot be excluded that exposure to PCNs, together with other endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), may contribute to the deregulation of sex steroid hormone signaling.
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- Joanna Stragierowicz
- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Al. Partyzantow 57, 24-100, Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Al. Partyzantow 57, 24-100, Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Al. Partyzantow 57, 24-100, Pulawy, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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Ayala-Cabrera JF, Lipok C, Moyano E, Schmitz OJ, Santos FJ. Atmospheric pressure ionization for gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry determination of polychlorinated naphthalenes in marine sediments. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:127963. [PMID: 33297024 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this work, the performance of the atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and photoionization (APPI) was assessed to develop a new selective and sensitive gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) method for the determination of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in sediment samples. The capability of both APCI and APPI sources for the ionization of PCNs was investigated, showing the formation of the molecular ion and the [M‒Cl+O]‒ ion in positive and negative ion modes, respectively. Positive ion APCI provided high responses using high corona ion current, while the use of high vapour pressure dopant-solvents, such as toluene in positive mode and diethyl ether in the negative mode, was required to achieve high ionization efficiencies in APPI. The performance of the two API sources in the PCN determination by GC-HRMS were compared and the best results were achieved using the GC-APPI(+)-HRMS (Orbitrap) system. The GC-APPI(+)-HRMS (Orbitrap) method was applied to the characterization of Halowax mixtures and the analysis of marine sediments collected near to the coastal area of Barcelona (NE, Spain), demonstrating a great detection capability with low method limits of detection (0.2-1.6 pg g-1 dry weight), good precision (RSD <15%) and trueness (relative error <13%). Total PCN concentrations ranged from 0.35 to 5.0 ng g-1 dry weight and the presence of related compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was also detected by combining positive and negative ion modes, providing complementary information to better monitor of all PCN congener groups. The results presented here show the feasibility of the GC-APPI-HRMS method for the suitable determination of PCNs.
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- J F Ayala-Cabrera
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona Av. Diagonal 645, E‒08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Applied Analytical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitatsstr. 5, D‒45141, Essen, Germany; Teaching and Research Center for Separation, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitatsstr. 5, D‒45141, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona Av. Diagonal 645, E‒08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Applied Analytical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitatsstr. 5, D‒45141, Essen, Germany; Teaching and Research Center for Separation, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitatsstr. 5, D‒45141, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona Av. Diagonal 645, E‒08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Li C, Yang L, Liu X, Yang Y, Qin L, Li D, Liu G. Bridging the Energy Benefit and POPs Emission Risk from Waste Incineration. Innovation (N Y) 2020; 2:100075. [PMID: 34557732 PMCID: PMC8454607 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2020.100075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Incineration has been the globally controversial and concerned method of solid waste disposal. Energy recovery and volume reduction are the benefits from waste incineration, but risk due to release of persistent organic pollutants is the major public concern in the world. In this study, the emission of organic pollutants including dioxins and polychlorinated naphthalenes from solid waste incineration in China was comprehensively evaluated, and a relationship between energy benefit and pollutant emission was firstly established. The results show that production of medical and industrial waste was smaller than that of municipal waste but yielded comparable or even higher emission of dioxins. The energy benefit-to-emission index for organic pollutants (EBEIOP) for evaluation of solid waste management on a local or regional scale was proposed. Significant correlations between net energy benefit and pollutant emission for provinces with higher EBEIOP values were found. Furthermore, higher EBEIOP values were associated with economic factors while lower values were influenced by emission from incineration of medical and industrial waste. We suggest that an EBEIOP value of ≥60 can serve as a reference for “profitable” solid waste management, assisting decision making during energy benefit and environmental risk assessment. Emission of trace organic pollutants from solid waste incineration in China was comprehensively evaluated. The energy benefit-to-emission index for organic pollutants (EBEIOP) for evaluation of solid waste management on a local or regional scale was proposed. Production of medical and industrial waste was smaller than that of municipal waste but yielded comparable or even higher emission of dioxins. Higher EBEIOP values were associated with economic factors, while lower values were influenced by emissions from incineration of medical and industrial waste. An EBEIOP value of ≥60 can serve as a reference for “profitable” solid waste management, assisting decision making during energy benefit and environmental risk assessment.
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- Cui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.,College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310000, China
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Falandysz J, Fernandes AR. Compositional profiles, persistency and toxicity of polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) congeners in edible cod liver products from 1972 to 2017. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 260:114035. [PMID: 32041023 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Edible cod liver products including cod liver oil and canned cod liver, sampled over the last five decades from the North Atlantic region, including the Baltic Sea were analysed for a set of persistent and toxicologically significant polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) congeners with some of the highest relative potencies (dioxin-like toxicity) among PCNs. The targeted congeners showed a near-universality of occurrence in all samples apart from the most recent sample of cod liver oil which was assumed to be highly purified, as cod livers from the same period and location showed appreciable amounts of PCNs. The majority of dominant congeners in legacy technical PCN mixtures were absent or occurred in low concentrations, raising the possibility that congeners arising from combustion related sources may be acquiring a greater significance following the decline and elimination of PCN production. The apparent appreciation in the relative amounts of PCN#70 in the last three to four decades may provide support for this view. The PCN contribution to dioxin-like toxic equivalence (TEQ) that was estimated for these samples (range 1.2-15.9 pg TEQ g-1) was significant in comparison to the EU regulated value of 1.75 pg TEQ g-1 for dioxins in fish oils. Most of the TEQ was associated with PCNs 66/67, 64/68, 69 and 73. Although metabolic processes are likely to influence this distribution, the profile is a little different to that observed in the tissues of higher order animals where PCNs #66/67 and #73 may contribute approximately 90% to the summed TEQ.
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- Jerzy Falandysz
- University of Gdańsk, Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland; Environmental and Computational Chemistry Group, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zaragocilla Campus, University of Cartagena, 130015, Cartagena, Colombia(1).
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Suzuki G, Michinaka C, Matsukami H, Noma Y, Kajiwara N. Validity of using a relative potency factor approach for the risk management of dioxin-like polychlorinated naphthalenes. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 244:125448. [PMID: 31812059 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Here, we characterized the dioxin-like activities of 42 polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and 6 technical Halowax formulations by using the DR-CALUX (dioxin-responsive chemically activated luciferase expression) assay with rat hepatoma luciferase-expressing H4IIE cells. Of the 42 PCNs examined, 31 showed dioxin-like activities, for which the mass-based REP-EC5TCDD (potency relative to that of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin based on the 5% effective concentration determined from the dose-response curve for 2,3,7,8-TCDD) ranged from 0.00000012 to 0.0051, indicating that some of the PCNs (e.g., 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCN and 1,2,3,4,6,7-HxCN) had dioxin-like activities that were equal to or higher than the WHO-TEFs and the mass-based REP-EC5TCDD reported for dioxins such as octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, octachlorodibenzofuran, 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB-77), 3,4,4',5-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB-81), and 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-169). For PeCNs to OCN with high dioxin-like activities, REPs determined in previous studies were comparable to the REP values obtained in the present study. The TCDD-EQs (2,3,7,8-TCDD equivalents) obtained experimentally for the Halowax formulations decreased in the order HW1051 (37 mg/kg) > HW1014 (30 mg/kg) > HW1013 (5.6 mg/kg) > HW1099 (2.9 mg/kg) > HW1001 (0.60 mg/kg) > HW1031 (<0.10 mg/kg) and were comparable to the theoretical TCDD-EQs calculated by multiplying the concentration and REP of each PCN. In addition, the theoretical TCDD-EQs for PCNs in emission gases produced by thermal processes were below the Japanese emission standard of 0.1-10 ng WHO-toxicity equivalent (TEQ)/m3N, and 3 to 4 orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding WHO-TEQ. Based on a comparison of theoretical and experimental TCDD-EQs, we found that our REP-based approach was suitable for the risk management of industrially produced and unintentionally generated dioxin-like PCNs. This approach will be particularly useful for the risk management of unintentionally generated PCNs in emission gases because the contribution of dioxin-like PCNs to the whole dioxin-like toxicity of emission gases can be elucidated.
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- Go Suzuki
- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan.
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan
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Waheed S, Khan MU, Sweetman AJ, Jones KC, Moon HB, Malik RN. Exposure of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) to Pakistani populations via non-dietary sources from neglected e-waste hubs: A problem of high health concern. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 259:113838. [PMID: 32023785 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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To date limited information's are available concerning unintentional productions, screening, profiling, and health risks of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in ambient environment and occupational environment. Literature reveals that dust is a neglected environmental matrix never measured for PCNs. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the concentrations and health risks of PCNs in indoor dust, air, and blood of major e-waste recycling hubs in Pakistan. Indoor air (n = 125), dust (n = 250), and serum (n = 250) samples were collected from five major e-waste hubs and their vicinity to measure 39 PCN congeners using GC-ECNI-MS. ∑39PCN concentrations in indoor air, dust, and serum (worker > resident > children) samples ranged from 7.0 to 9583 pg/m3, from 0.25 to 697 ng/g, and from 0.15 to 401 pg/g lipid weight, respectively. Predominant PCN congeners in indoor air and dust were tri- and tetra-CNs, while tetra- and penta-CNs were dominant in human serum samples. The higher PCNs contribution was recorded at the recycling units, while the lower was observed at the shops of the major e-waste hubs. Higher contribution of combustion origin CNs in air, dust and human samples showed combustion sources at the major e-waste hubs, while Halowax and Aroclor based technical mixture showed minor contribution in these samples. Mean toxic equivalent (TEQ) concentrations of PCNs were 2.79E+00 pg-TEQ/m3, 1.60E-02 ng-TEQ/g, 8.11E-01 pg-TEQ/g, 7.14E-01 pg-TEQ/g, and 6.37E-01 pg-TEQ/g for indoor air, dust, and serum samples from workers, residents, and children, respectively. In our study, CNs- 66/67 and -73 in indoor air, dust, and human serum were the great contributors to total TEQ concentrations of PCNs. This first base line data directs government and agencies to implement rules, regulation to avoid negative health outcomes and suggests further awareness in regard of provision of proper knowledge to the target population.
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- Sidra Waheed
- Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, 15588, Republic of Korea.
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- Centre for Chemicals Management, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Centre for Chemicals Management, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
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Kilanowicz A, Markowicz-Piasecka M, Klimczak M, Stragierowicz J, Sikora J. Hexachloronaphthalene as a hemostasis disturbing factor in female Wistar rats - A pilot study. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 228:577-585. [PMID: 31075638 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Although Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are some of the most dangerous environmental toxicants, data on their impact on hemostasis are virtually limited. 1,2,3,5,6,7-hexachloronaphthalene (PCN67) seems to be one of the most toxic congeners of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), which have recently been listed as POPs. The toxic effects of PCNs are similar to other chlorinated aromatics, e.g. polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), so an impact on hemostasis could not be excluded. Therefore, this study examines, for the first time, if short-term (two and four weeks) exposure of a mixture of hexachloronaphthalene congeners with a PCN67 as a predominant component to female Wistar rats may have an impact on selected hemostasis parameters, such as overall potential and kinetic parameters of clot formation and fibrinolysis; hematology and basic coagulology parameters. It also examines the influence of PCN67 on the stability of erythrocyte membranes. Obtained results indicate that PCN67 may be an important disturbing factor regarding both coagulation and fibrinolysis processes, as well as platelet count. Exposure to PCN67 significantly affected clot formation and lysis processes and diminished fibrinogen concentration after both administration periods. After two weeks of administration, an increased activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) was noted; after four weeks - decreased platelet count with concomitant increased in mean platelet volume. Moreover, PCN67 may exert adverse effects on the red blood cells membrane stability, which were manifested by a statistically significant increase of red blood cells lysis.
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- Anna Kilanowicz
- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Bioanalysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Radiopharmacy, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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Kilanowicz A, Sitarek K, Stragierowicz J, Klimczak M, Bruchajzer E. Prenatal toxicity and maternal-fetal distribution of 1,3,5,8-tetrachloronaphthalene (1,3,5,8-TeCN) in Wistar rats. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 226:75-84. [PMID: 30921639 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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1,3,5,8-tetrachloronaphthalene (1,3,5,8-TeCN) is a Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) that belongs to the group of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). The aim of the study was to investigate the maternal-fetal distribution and prenatal toxicity of 1,3,5,8-TeCN after its administration to pregnant Wistar rats during organogenesis. Radiolabeled 1,3,5,8-tetrachloronaphthalene-[ring-U-3H] was given by gavage at a dose of 0.3 mg per dam to evaluate its tissue distribution, and that of unlabeled 1,3,5,8-TeCN, at daily doses of 0.3, 1.0 or 3.0 mg kg b.w.-1 to assess prenatal toxicity. After a single administration of 1,3,5,8-TeCN, the highest concentration was detected in maternal adipose tissue. The concentration in the brain, uterus, kidneys, adrenals, ovaries, lungs and liver established in dams were two to nine times higher than in the maternal blood. 1,3,5,8-TeCN penetrated the blood-brain-barrier and the placenta. The results obtained from developmental toxicity indicate that 1,3,5,8-TeCN did not cause maternal toxicity and was not embryotoxic or teratogenic. However, fetotoxic effects were observed after non-toxic doses for dams (1.0 and 3.0 mg∙b.w.-1·day-1). 1,3,5,8-TeCN did not induce congenital skeletal defects but increased the number of fetuses with sternum ossification delay. After a dose of 3.0 mg kg b.w.-1·day-1, significantly more fetuses were found with enlargement of the renal pelvis: unilateral in female offspring and bilateral in male offspring. At the doses used, 1,3,5,8-TeCN, unlike hexachloronaphthalene, was not a CYP1A1 inducer.
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- Anna Kilanowicz
- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Sw. Teresy od Dzieciatka Jezus 8, 91-348 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, Muszynskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.
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Fang Y, Nie Z, Yang J, Die Q, He J, Yu H, Zhou Q, Huang Q. Polychlorinated naphthalene emissions to the atmosphere from typical secondary aluminum smelting plants in southwestern China: concentrations, characterization, and risk evaluation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:12731-12740. [PMID: 30879233 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04744-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Secondary aluminum smelting industry, as an important source of polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) in environment, has been concerned in recent years. To figure out the emission characteristics of PCNs and the potential influence on surrounding environment, two typical secondary aluminum smelting plants were selected and PCNs were determined in flue gas, fly ash, aluminum slag, soil, and air samples collected at and around the plants by GC-MS coupled with DFS. PCN emission factors from the flue gas of the two plants (mean 0.006 ng toxic equivalents/t) were found obviously decreased compared with similar smelting process detected in 2010. The stage of feeding material was still the major PCNs discharge period during the whole smelting process. The total PCN concentrations in air were found to be ranked as following: workshops (290-1917 pg/m3), the area near the workshops (62.3-697 pg/m3), and the surrounding areas (29.9-164 pg/m3, mean 64.5 pg/m3). Similar high concentrations of PCNs were found in soil from by the workshop door (983 ng/g dry weight). Soil-air exchange calculations indicated that mono-CN to tetra-CN would volatilize but hepta-CN and octa-CN would be deposited to the soil. Exposure of plant workers and local inhabitants to PCNs through inhalation was found to be acceptable but higher (especially for workers in the workshops) than living areas. The workshop and the nearby area are potential PCNs polluted areas and should be paid attention during the practical operation.
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- Yanyan Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding, 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Yamamoto T, Noma Y, Sakai SI. Thermal destruction of wastes containing polychlorinated naphthalenes in an industrial waste incinerator. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:31819-31827. [PMID: 27372100 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7100-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A series of verification tests were carried out in order to confirm that polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) contained in synthetic rubber products (Neoprene FB products) and aerosol adhesives, which were accidentally imported into Japan, could be thermally destroyed using an industrial waste incinerator. In the verification tests, Neoprene FB products containing PCNs at a concentration of 2800 mg/kg were added to industrial wastes at a ratio of 600 mg Neoprene FB product/kg-waste, and then incinerated at an average temperature of 985 °C. Total PCN concentrations were 14 ng/m3N in stack gas, 5.7 ng/g in bottom ash, 0.98 ng/g in boiler dust, and 1.2 ng/g in fly ash. Destruction efficiency (DE) and destruction removal efficiency (DRE) of congener No. 38/40, which is considered an input marker congener, were 99.9974 and 99.9995 %, respectively. The following dioxin concentrations were found: 0.11 ng-TEQ/m3N for the stack gas, 0.096 ng-TEQ/g for the bottom ash, 0.010 ng-TEQ/g for the boiler dust, and 0.072 ng-TEQ/g for the fly ash. Since the PCN levels in the PCN destruction test were even at slightly lower concentrations than in the baseline test without PCN addition, the detected PCNs are to a large degree unintentionally produced PCNs and does not mainly stem from input material. Also, the dioxin levels did not change. From these results, we confirmed that PCNs contained in Neoprene FB products and aerosol adhesives could be destroyed to a high degree by high-temperature incineration. Therefore, all recalled Neoprene FB products and aerosol adhesives containing PCNs were successfully treated under the same conditions as the verification tests.
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- Takashi Yamamoto
- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Environment Protection Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Han Y, Liu W, Li H, Lei R, Liu G, Gao L, Su G. Distribution of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the whole blood of typical meat animals. J Environ Sci (China) 2018; 72:208-212. [PMID: 30244747 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The concentrations and distribution of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the whole blood of eight typical terrestrial meat animals (chicken, duck, rabbit, pig, cattle, sheep, horse and donkey) consumed daily in our life were investigated. The total concentrations (on a liquid volume basis) of PCNs were in a range from 305 to 987pg/L. Donkey blood contained the highest PCN concentrations. Mono-CNs were the dominant homolog group, accounting for 38%-71% PCNs. Apart from the mono-CNs and tri-CNs homolog groups, two hepta-CNs (mean: 9.5%) contributed most, followed by tetra-CNs (mean: 6.5%). The congeners CN1, 5/7, 24/14, 27/30, 52/60, 66/67, and 73 were the most abundant congeners or congener groups. The highest toxicity equivalencies (TEQs) were observed in cattle blood (117.4fg TEQ/L) then chicken blood (117.1fg TEQ/L). CN73 contributed 65% to total TEQs, followed by CN70 (20%) and CN66/67 (14%). The dietary intakes of PCNs were also estimated. Chicken meat, which forms the second largest component of meat product consumption in China, contributed most to the total TEQs (61%), followed by beef (27%) and pork (5.9%). The consumption of chicken might pose the highest risk from exposure to PCNs than other types of meat to populations who prefer to eat chicken meat.
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- Ying Han
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Kim J, Shin ES, Choi SD, Zhu J, Chang YS. Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in seafood: Estimation of dietary intake in Korean population. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 624:40-47. [PMID: 29247903 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were measured in 33 seafood species including fish, mollusks and crustaceans purchased from local markets in five Korean cities between 2012 and 2013. Five samples were collected from each species for the measurements. Thirty-seven PCN congeners from tetra-CN to octa-CN were measured. Octa-CN (octachloronaphthalene) was not detected in any of the samples. Tetra-CN and penta-CN were the predominant homologues of PCNs in seafood samples with PCN 51 and PCN 52/60 being the most abundant congeners in the samples. Total PCNs concentrations and their corresponding dioxin-like toxic equivalent (TEQ) values ranged from non-detection (ND) to 110pg/g on a wet weight (ww) basis and from ND to 0.14pg-TEQ/g ww, respectively. The estimated daily intake of total PCNs based on an absolute content and TEQ potency were estimated for the Koreans to be 570pg/day and 0.44pg-TEQ/day, respectively. However, the estimated TEQ value of PCNs intake from seafood, represented only a small fraction (3.0%) of the total TEQ intake from consumption of seafood in Korean population. This is the first report to exhibit the presence of PCNs in seafood samples collected from local markets in Korea and their intake by general population.
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- Jongchul Kim
- Exposure and Biomonitoring Division, Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, 50 Colombine Driveway, Ottawa, Canada; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Cheongam-ro 77, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Cheongam-ro 77, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, UNIST-gil 50, 689-798, Republic of Korea
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- Exposure and Biomonitoring Division, Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, 50 Colombine Driveway, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Cheongam-ro 77, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
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Cui L, Wang S, Gao L, Huang H, Xia D, Qiao L, Liu W. Concentrations and trophic magnification of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in marine fish from the Bohai coastal area, China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 234:876-884. [PMID: 29248855 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) have been found widely in the aquatic environment and can be transferred through food chains, which can magnify or dilute their toxic effects on humans. In this study, PCNs were analyzed in samples of 17 species of fish with different dietary habits collected in the Bohai coastal area in China. Dichloronaphthalenes, which have rarely been quantified in previous studies, were determined. The total PCN concentrations were from 7.3 to 214 pg/g wet weight, and the highest concentration was found in ditrema. The trichloronaphthalenes were the most abundant PCNs, followed by the dichloronaphthalenes and pentachloronaphthalenes. The relatively high contributions of the less-chlorinated homologs to the total PCN concentrations indicated that the main PCN sources around the Bohai were industrial thermal process emissions rather than technical PCN formulations. The trophic magnification factors of the PCN homologs were from 3.1 to 9.9, indicating that PCNs were biomagnified by fish. The trophic magnification factor of dichloronaphthalene and trichloronaphthalenes was 5.8 and 6.4, respectively, indicating for the first time that dichloronaphthalene and trichloronaphthalenes can undergo trophic magnification by fish. The two highest trophic magnification factors were for the pentachloronaphthalenes and hexachloronaphthalenes, probably because these PCNs having fewer vicinal carbon atoms without chlorine atoms attached are less easily biotransformed than the other homologs. The dioxin-like toxicities of the PCNs in the samples, expressed as potential toxic equivalences (TEQs), were assessed. The highest total TEQ was 0.0090 pg/g ww, in Pacific herring, and the hexachloronaphthalenes were the dominant contributors to the total TEQs in the fish samples. The PCN TEQs were much lower than the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl TEQs found in fish from the Bohai in previous studies, and made marginal contributions to overall human exposure to dioxin-like TEQs, suggesting that PCNs pose no toxicological concerns.
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- Lili Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Fernandes A, Rose M, Falandysz J. Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in food and humans. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2017; 104:1-13. [PMID: 28391007 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are legacy contaminants that are listed by the Stockholm convention, initially for reduction of inadvertent production and ultimately, for elimination. They originate through releases from older electrical equipment, inadvertent contamination in industrial chemicals and from combustion processes such as incineration. Recent advances in measurement techniques have allowed a greater characterisation of PCN occurrence, yielding more specific data including individual PCN congener concentrations. Emerging data on food shows widespread occurrence in most commonly consumed foods from different parts of the world. Concurrently, toxicological studies have also allowed a greater insight into the potencies of some congeners, a number of which are known to elicit potent, aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mediated responses, often referred to as dioxin-like toxicity. The dietary pathway is widely recognised as the most likely route to non-occupational human exposure. This paper reviews some of the more recent findings on PCN occurrence in food, biota, and human tissues, and discusses the use of relative potencies to express PCN toxicity in foods.
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- Fera Science Ltd., Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
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- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology, Gdańsk University, Gdańsk, Poland
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Die Q, Nie Z, Yue B, Zhu X, Gao X, Wang J, Yang Y, Fang Y, Huang Q. Assessment of the temporal and spatial distribution of atmospheric PCNs and their air-soil exchange using passive air samplers in Shanghai, East China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:14365-14375. [PMID: 28429273 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8813-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A total of 47 passive air samples and 25 soil samples were collected to study the temporal trend, distribution, and air-soil exchange of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in Shanghai, China. Atmospheric PCNs ranged from 3.44 to 44.1 pg/m3 (average of 21.9 pg/m3) in summer and 13.6 to 153 pg/m3 (average of 40.0 pg/m3) in winter. In the soil samples, PCN concentrations were 54.7-1382 pg/g dry weight (average of 319 pg/g). Tri-CNs and tetra-CNs were two dominant homolog groups in air samples, while di-CNs were also found at comparable proportions to tri-CNs and tetra-CNs in soil samples. Most air and soil samples from the industrial and urban areas showed higher PCN concentrations than those from suburban areas. However, some soil samples in urban centers presented higher PCN concentrations than industrial areas. Analysis of PCN sources indicated that both industrial thermal process and historical usage of commercial PCN mixtures contributed to the PCN burden in most areas. The fugacity fraction results indicated a strong tendency of volatilization for lighter PCNs (tri- to hexa-CNs) in both seasons, and air-soil deposition for octa-CNs. Moreover, air-soil exchange fluxes indicate that soil was an important source of atmospheric PCNs in some areas. The results of this study provide information for use in the evaluation of the potential impact and human health risk of PCNs around the study areas.
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- Qingqi Die
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Liu G, Zheng M, Cai Z. Occurrence, profile and possible sources of PCNs in Hong Kong soils, and a comparison with PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:13656-13663. [PMID: 24996945 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3258-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) have been proposed for inclusion in the annexes of the Stockholm Convention by the European Union, signifying a probable increase in monitoring PCN levels at a global level. Investigations on PCN levels in the environment of Hong Kong have not been reported. In this preliminary investigation, PCN levels in surface soils samples were determined by isotope dilution HRGC/HRMS techniques, and compared with those of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs). The concentrations of PCNs in the soil samples were 35-883 pg g(-1) (average, 201; and median, 94 pg g(-1)), which were lower than those of PCBs PCDDs and PCDFs. This comparison suggested that PCNs are currently not priority POPs compared with dioxins and PCBs in Hong Kong soils. PCDDs were the most important contributor to the sum of toxic equivalents of PCNs, PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs. OCDD was the most dominant dioxin congener in Hong Kong surface soils. PCB-118 was the most abundant in 12 dl-PCB congeners. PCN congeners indicating thermal related sources (CN52/60, CN66/67 and CN73) were relatively abundant in their respective homologs, which suggested PCN contamination from thermal sources. The ratio of CN73 to CN74 in soil samples suggested the contribution of PCN contaminations in soils from both thermal-related sources and evaporative emissions of technical PCN mixtures.
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- Guorui Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Vorkamp K, Rigét FF. A review of new and current-use contaminants in the Arctic environment: evidence of long-range transport and indications of bioaccumulation. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 111:379-395. [PMID: 24997943 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Systematic monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic has been conducted for several years, in combination with assessments of POP levels in the Arctic, POP exposure and biological effects. Meanwhile, environmental research continues to detect new contaminants some of which could be potential new Arctic pollutants. This study summarizes the empirical evidence that is currently available of those compounds in the Arctic that are not commonly included in chemical monitoring programmes. The study has focused on novel flame retardants, e.g. alternatives to the banned polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), current-use pesticides and various other compounds, i.e. synthetic musk compounds, siloxanes, phthalic acid esters and halogenated compounds like hexachlorobutadiene, octachlorostyrene, pentachlorobenzene and polychlorinated naphthalenes. For a number of novel brominated flame retardants, e.g. 2,3-bibromopropyl-2,4,6-tribromophenyl ether (DPTE), bis(2-ethylhexyl)tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB), 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-ethane (BTBPE), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), pentabromoethylbenzene (PBEB) and hexabromobenzene (HBBz), transport to the Arctic has been documented, but evidence of bioaccumulation is sparse and ambiguous. For short-chain chlorinated paraffins and dechlorane plus, however, increasing evidence shows both long-range transport and bioaccumulation. Ice cores have documented increasing concentrations of some current-use pesticides, e.g. chlorpyrifos, endosulfan and trifluralin, and bioaccumulation has been observed for pentachloroanisole, chorpyrifos, endosulfan and metoxychlor, however, the question of biomagnification remains unanswered.
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- Katrin Vorkamp
- Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre, Department of Environmental Science, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Aarhus University, Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Yamamoto T, Kai Y, Nakauchi H, Abuku T, Noma Y. Destruction of polychlorinated naphthalenes by a high-temperature melting treatment (GeoMelt process). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:7557-7566. [PMID: 24595750 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2643-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A series of treatment experiments were carried out to evaluate the applicability of a high-temperature melting treatment (GeoMelt process) to the destruction of polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) formulation. We started with 10-kg-scale experiments in which a small melting furnace was used and then scaled up to a 1-t-scale experiment in which a melting furnace that resembled an actual treatment system was used. These runs were evaluated whether destruction efficiency (DE) of total PCNs was more than 99.999% and whether concentrations of PCNs and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDDs/DFs) in vitrified materials, emission gas, and scrubber water were below the target levels. Because DE values and the target levels of PCNs and PCDDs/DFs in these runs were satisfactory, then we carried out a demonstrative experiment using the actual treatment system and confirmed destruction of PCNs. Based on good results of the demonstrative experiment, stock of PCN formulation was successfully treated continuously.
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- Takashi Yamamoto
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan,
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Falandysz J, Fernandes A, Gregoraszczuk E, Rose M. The toxicological effects of halogenated naphthalenes: a review of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated (dioxin-like) relative potency factors. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2014; 32:239-272. [PMID: 25226220 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2014.938945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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There is no doubt that chloronaphthalenes (PCNs) and their brominated counterparts (PBNs) are dioxin-like compounds, but there is less evidence for mixed bromo/chloronaphthalenes (PXNs). In this article we review information relating to the dioxin-like potency of PCNs and PBNs obtained in vivo, in vitro, and in silico. The aim was to help and improve the quality of data when assessing the contribution of these compounds in the risk analysis of dioxin-like contaminants in foods and other sample types. In vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated that PCN/PBN congeners are inducers of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase, and luciferase enzymes that are features specifically indicative of planar diaromatic halogenated hydrocarbons such as dioxin and dioxin-like compounds. PCNs in the environment are of multisource origin. The limited data on PBNs in the environment suggest that these also appear to originate from different sources. The toxicological data on these compounds is even scarcer, most of it directed toward explaining the exposure risk from accidental contamination of feed with the commercial PBN containing product, Firemaster BP-6. The occurrence of PBNs and PXNs is possible as ultra-trace environmental and food-chain contaminants produced at least from combustion processes at unknown concentrations. Available toxicological and environmental data enable a focus on PCNs as dioxin analogues to an extent that specific local or regional environmental influences could result in a risk to human health. There is the possibility that they may act synergistically with the better-known classic dioxin and other dioxin-like compounds. PBNs and PXNs are much less studied than the dioxins, but are known to be products of anthropogenic processes that contaminate the environment. A continuously increasing use of bromine for manufacture of brominated flame retardants over the past three decades is anticipated as a stream of "brominated" wastes, that when degraded (combusted), will release PBNs and PXNs. This calls for advanced analytical methods and greater interest toxicologically to understand and control pollution and exposure by PBNs and PXNs. Particular congeners of bromonaphthalene in single studies were found to be much more toxic than their chlorinated counterparts. In addition, brominated/chlorinated naphthalenes also seem to be more potent toxicants than PCNs. About 20% of PCN congeners exhibit a dioxin-like toxicity with relative potencies varying between around 0.003 and 0.000001, but additional and more rigorous data are needed to confirm these figures. Recent food surveys have estimated a small but relevant human exposure to these compounds in foods, giving an additional source of dioxin-like toxicity to those compounds already covered by the World Health Organization-Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) scheme. Given the additivity of response postulated for other dioxin-like compounds, it would seem unwise to ignore this additional contribution. Few data available showed that PBN congeners also exhibit a dioxin-like toxicity and are even more potent than PCN congeners, but the relative potency values were not derived for them until now. There are no toxicological data available for PXNs.
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Xu Y, Li J, Chakraborty P, Syed JH, Malik RN, Wang Y, Tian C, Luo C, Zhang G, Jones KC. Atmospheric polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in India and Pakistan. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 466-467:1030-1036. [PMID: 23988747 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) are now under review by the Stockholm Convention as candidates for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to their persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulation, and long-range atmospheric transport. Data on PCN levels are sparse in South Asia. Atmospheric PCNs in India and Pakistan were monitored during the winter by polyurethane foam disk passive air samplers (PUF-PAS). The average concentrations were 29 pg/m(3) and 7.7 pg/m(3) in the Indian and Pakistani samples, respectively. Those concentration levels were relatively lower than the previously reported values in other Asian countries, but still considerably higher than in other sites in the world. Tri-CNs and tetra-CNs were the dominant homologues in the air, especially in India. Spatially, the PCNs were ubiquitous in the target areas, and local distribution was generally impacted by the proximity to potential sources. Major sources of PCNs in this study were the re-emission of Halowax and industrial thermal processes. Biomass burning influenced some sites in Pakistan. However, the enrichment of tri-CNs in Indian cities cannot be ascribed to either the signature of a specific source or the preferential volatilization and/or photodegradation in tropical areas. Despite this unclear issue in South Asia, the present study indicates that the potential health impact was generally comparable to that in non-urban sites worldwide.
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- Yue Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Hanari N, Falandysz J, Nakano T, Petrick G, Yamashita N. Separation of closely eluting chloronaphthalene congeners by two-dimensional gas chromatography/quadrupole mass spectrometry: An advanced tool in the study and risk analysis of dioxin-like chloronaphthalenes. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1301:209-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.05.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bielińska-Wąż D, Wąż P, Jagiełło K, Puzyn T. Spectral density distribution moments as novel descriptors for QSAR/QSPR. Struct Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-013-0229-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rotander A, van Bavel B, Rigét F, Auðunsson GA, Polder A, Gabrielsen GW, Víkingsson G, Mikkelsen B, Dam M. Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in sub-Arctic and Arctic marine mammals, 1986-2009. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2012; 164:118-124. [PMID: 22356752 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Revised: 01/22/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A selection of PCN congeners was analyzed in pooled blubber samples of pilot whale (Globicephala melas), ringed seal (Phoca hispida), minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) and Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), covering a time period of more than 20 years (1986-2009). A large geographical area of the North Atlantic and Arctic areas was covered. PCN congeners 48, 52, 53, 66 and 69 were found in the blubber samples between 0.03 and 5.9 ng/g lw. Also PCBs were analyzed in minke whales and fin whales from Iceland and the total PCN content accounted for 0.2% or less of the total non-planar PCB content. No statistically significant trend in contaminant levels could be established for the studied areas. However, in all species except minke whales caught off Norway the lowest ∑PCN concentrations were found in samples from the latest sampling period.
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- Anna Rotander
- Man-Technology-Environment (MTM) Research Centre, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
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Pan X, Tang J, Chen Y, Li J, Zhang G. Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in riverine and marine sediments of the Laizhou Bay area, North China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:3515-21. [PMID: 21871701 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Revised: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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PCN congeners were analyzed in marine and riverine sediments of the Laizhou Bay area, North China. Concentrations of PCNs ranged from 0.12 to 5.1 ng g(-)(1) dry weight (dw) with a mean value of 1.1 ng g(-)(1) dw. The levels of PCNs varied largely, with industrial group approximately ten folds higher than those of the rural in riverine sediment. A strong impact by direct discharge from local factories was suggested. Similar compositional profiles were found within groups. High resemblance of compositional profiles between industrial samples and Halowax 1014 was observed. It was indicated that PCNs in riverine sediments were mainly from release of industrial usage, with additional contributions from industrial thermal process at certain sites. In marine sediments, it was suggested that PCNs along the coast of Laizhou Bay were mainly controlled by riverine input. While in the central bay, PCN distributions were possibly impacted by combined multiple factors.
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- Xiaohui Pan
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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Li N, Ma M, Wang Z, Senthil Kumaran S. In vitro assay for human thyroid hormone receptor β agonist and antagonist effects of individual polychlorinated naphthalenes and Halowax mixtures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4315-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bidleman TF, Helm PA, Braune BM, Gabrielsen GW. Polychlorinated naphthalenes in polar environments--a review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:2919-35. [PMID: 19892388 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Revised: 08/27/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) consist of naphthalene substituted with 1-8 chlorines, yielding 75 possible congeners. They were formerly used in industry, occur at trace levels in commercial PCB mixtures, and have current sources in combustion processes. PCNs are widespread in arctic air with higher levels in the European Arctic. Concentrations were higher during the cold months in arctic Canada and Russia, but no seasonality was noted in subarctic Canada and Greenland. "Marker" congeners indicative of combustion were evident at some sites. Total toxic equivalents (TEQ) in air due to PCNs+dioxin-like PCBs were dominated by PCNs in arctic Canada and Russia, but not in subarctic Canada. Deposition of PCNs in snow was measured in northern Norway and Svalbard. Surveys of PCNs in the lower food web are limited to the northern Baltic Sea and lakes/rivers of northern Scandinavia. PCNs showed little or no biomagnification in lower food webs of the northern Baltic and discrimination among congeners suggested preferential metabolism. There are no reports of PCNs in fish and invertebrates from the Arctic Ocean, and only one from Antarctica. Total PCNs in marine mammals followed the order: harbour seal~pilot whale>or=polarbear>beluga>ringed seal~Weddell seal. Total PCNs in seabirds varied over 100-fold, with higher concentrations in glaucous gull eggs and plasma from Bear Island, and livers of northern fulmar from the eastern Canadian Arctic. Lower concentrations occurred in eggs of glaucous gull from Svalbard and black-backed gull from the Faroe Islands. PCNs accounted for <1% of total TEQ in ringed seal, Weddell seal, seabirds and polar bear, but up to 6-15% in beluga and pilot whale. TEQ due to PCNs were generally low in harbour seal, but up to 9% of total TEQ in some animals.
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- Terry F Bidleman
- Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments, Science & Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Egbert, ON, Canada.
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Orlikowska A, Hanari N, Wyrzykowska B, Bochentin I, Horii Y, Yamashita N, Falandysz J. Airborne chloronaphthalenes in Scots pine needles of Poland. CHEMOSPHERE 2009; 75:1196-1205. [PMID: 19285336 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2008] [Revised: 01/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The amounts, profiles and origin of CNs (from triCNs to octaCN) sequestered in Scots pine needles collected from 25 spatially distant sites in Poland have been studied based on congener-specific data obtained after a several clean-up and fractionation steps and final HRGC/HRMS separation and determination. The absolute concentrations of CNs varied largely from site to site, i.e., by 15-fold. The sum of tri- to octaCN concentration at fifteen of the least contaminated sites ranged from 70 to 280 pg g(-1) ww, and at further eight sites were from 340 to 540 pg g(-1) ww, while at two the most contaminated were 1000 and 1100 pg g(-1)ww. There were some substantial similarities but also variations in triCN to octaCN homologue group profiles depending on the site. Among triCNs the isomers such as 1,2,4-/1,3,7-/1,4,6-triCNs (nos. 14/21/24) dominate in Scots pine needles. For majority of the sites examined 1,2,4-/1,3,7-/1,4,6-triCNs are also the major contributors to the bulk of CNs determined. Among tetraCNs isomer 1,2,5,8-tetraCN (no. 38) was dominant contributor at eighteen sites, while 1,2,4,6-/1,2,4,7-/1,2,5,7-tetraCN (nos. 33/34/37) at seven other sites. In the case of pentaCNs isomer 1,2,4,5,8-pentaCN (no. 59), was dominant contributor alone. Octachloronaphthalene frequently contributed substantially to the bulk of CNs. The Cluster Analysis and Principal Component Analysis did indicate that the compositional profiles of CNs found in Scots pine needles resemble somehow these found in the bottom ashes after coke and coal burning as well as of Halowax 1000 and 1099 formulations.
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- Anna Orlikowska
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology and Food Toxicology, University of Gdańsk, 18 Sobieskiego Str., PL 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Ma J, Horii Y, Cheng J, Wang W, Wu Q, Ohura T, Kannan K. Chlorinated and parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental samples from an electronic waste recycling facility and a chemical industrial complex in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:643-649. [PMID: 19244996 DOI: 10.1021/es802878w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CIPAHs) are a class of halogenated contaminants found in the urban atmosphere; they have toxic potential similar to that of dioxins. Information on the sources of CIPAHs is limited. In this study, concentrations of 20 CIPAHs and 16 parent PAHs were measured in electronic wastes, workshop-floor dust, vegetation, and surface soil collected from the vicinity of an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling facility and in surface soil from a chemical industrial complex (comprising a coke-oven plant, a coal-fired power plant, and a chlor-alkali plant), and agricultural areas in central and eastern China. High concentrations of SigmaCIPAHs were found in floor dust (mean, 103 ng/g dry wt), followed in order of decreasing concentration by leaves (87.5 ng/g drywt), electronic shredder waste (59.1 ng/g dry wt), and soil (26.8 ng/g dry wt) from an e-waste recycling facility in Taizhou. The mean concentration of SigmaCIPAHs in soil from the chemical industrial complex (88 ng/g dry wt) was approximately 3-fold higher than the concentration in soil from e-waste recycling facilities. The soils from e-waste sites and industrial areas contained mean concentrations of SigmaCIPAHs 2 to 3 orders of magnitude higher than the concentrations in agricultural soils (ND-0.76 ng/g), suggesting that e-waste recycling and chlorine-chemical industries are potential emission sources of CIPAHs. The profiles of CIPAHs in soil and dust were similar to a profile that has been reported previously for fly ash from municipal solid waste incinerators (6-CIBaP was the predominant compound), but the profiles in vegetation and electronic shredder waste were different from those found in fly ash. Concentrations of 16 parent PAHs were high (150-49,700 ng/g) in samples collected from the e-waste recycling facility. Significant correlation between SigmaCIPAH and SigmaPAH concentrations suggests that direct chlorination of parent PAHs is the major pathway of formation of CIPAHs during e-waste recycling operations. Dioxin-like toxic equivalency quotients (TEQs) for CIPAHs and PAHs in samples were calculated on the basis of relative potencies reported for CIPAHs and PAHs. The highest mean TEQ concentrations of CIPAHs (518 pg-TEQ/g) were found for workshop-floor dust, followed by leaves (361 pg-TEQ/g), electronic shredder waste (308 pg-TEQ/g), soil from the chemical industrial complex (146 pg-TEQ/g), and soil from the sites of the e-waste recycling facility (92.3 pg-TEQ/g). With one exception, the floor dust samples, the TEQ concentrations of CIPAHs found in multiple environmental matrices in this study were higher than the TEQ concentrations of PCDD/Fs in the same samples reported in our earlier study.
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- Jing Ma
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Falandysz J, Chudzyński K, Takekuma M, Yamamoto T, Noma Y, Hanari N, Yamashita N. Multivariate analysis of identity of imported technical PCN formulation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2008; 43:1381-1390. [PMID: 18780215 DOI: 10.1080/10934520802232022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Chloronaphthalenes form a class of compounds consisting of 8 CN homologue groups and altogether of 75 congeners, which used have been most extensively in 1930--1950. An investigation have been performed on the possible origin of unidentified by name technical chloronaphthalene formulation unlawfully imported recently from the United Kingdom to Japan. Principal component analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis of chloronaphthalene congener isomer-specific and homologue classes' compositional HRGC/HRMS data of imported CN formulation and of certain brands of technical CN formulation called Halowax (Halowax 1000, 1001 and 1031) enabled to identify that unnamed product is not Halowax 1001. A less accurate multivariate examination based on CN homologue classes patter did indicate on large similarity between unlawfully imported technical CN formulation and Halowax 1001 (manufactured by the Koppers Ind. Co., USA), while a more accurate based on CN congeners pattern differentiated them as to of various origin mixtures. Based on chlorine content of imported CN formulation (50-52%) and its no similarity to Halowax 1001 it seems reasonable to conclude that unnamed CN mixture examined could be a sample of stockpiled Seekay wax R93.
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- J Falandysz
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology & Food Toxicology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Martí-Cid R, Llobet JM, Castell V, Domingo JL. Human exposure to polychlorinated naphthalenes and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers from foods in Catalonia, Spain: temporal trend. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2008; 42:4195-4201. [PMID: 18589987 DOI: 10.1021/es800064p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Although polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDEs) are pollutants that have been detected in a number of environmental samples, information concerning human exposure to these compounds through the diet is very scarce. In this study, the concentrations of PCNs and PCDEs were determined in samples of foodstuffs widely consumed by the population of Catalonia, Spain. The dietary intake of PCNs and PCDEs also was estimated for the population of this Spanish region, and the results were compared to those of a previous survey performed during 2000. The highest sigmaPCNs corresponded to fish and seafood (47.1 ng/kg wet wt), followed by oils and fats (21.5 ng/kg wet wt), bakery products (15.3 ng/kg wet wt), and dairy products (11.7 ng/ kg wet wt). The highest sigmaPCDEs corresponded also to fish and seafood (1094.7 ng/kg wet wt), a value that was notably higher than those concerning the remaining food groups. For a standard male adult of 70 kg body weight, the dietary intakes of PCNs and PCDEs were 7.25 and 51.68 ng/day, respectively (or 0.10 and 0.74 ng/kg body wt/day). These results mean a reduction of 84% for PCNs with respect to the daily intake of these pollutants in the 2000 survey, mainly due to the decreases in the contribution of cereals and oils and fats. By contrast, the intake of PCDEs increased to 26%, fish and seafood being the main contributors to this increase.
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- Roser Martí-Cid
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, "Rovira i Virgili" University, San Lorenzo 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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Horii Y, Ok G, Ohura T, Kannanct K. Occurrence and profiles of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waste incinerators. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2008; 42:1904-1909. [PMID: 18409611 DOI: 10.1021/es703001f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CIPAHs) have been reported to occur in urban air. Nevertheless, sources of CIPAHs in urban air have not been studied, due to the lack of appropriate analytical methods and standards. In this study, we measured concentrations of 20 CIPAHs and 11 brominated PAHs (BrPAHs) in fly ash and bottom ash from 11 municipal/hazardous/industrial waste incinerators, using analytical standards synthesized in our laboratory. Concentrations of total CIPAHs and BrPAHs in ash samples ranged from <0.06 to 6990 ng/g and from <0.14 to 1235 ng/g, respectively. The concentrations of CIPAHs were approximately 100-fold higher than the concentrations of BrPAHs. 6-CIBaP and 1-CIPyr were the dominant compounds in fly ash samples. The profiles of halogenated PAHs were similar to the profiles reported previously for urban air. 1-BrPyr was the predominant BrPAH in fly ash. Concentrations of 6-CIBaP, 9,10-Cl2Phe, 9-CIAnt, and 6-BrBaP in fly ash were significantly correlated with the corresponding parent PAH concentrations. Significant correlation between sigmaCIPAH and sigmaPAH concentrations suggests that direct chlorination of parent PAHs is the mechanism of formation of CIPAHs during incineration of wastes; nevertheless, a comparable correlation was not found for BrPAHs. There was no significant correlation between the capacity and temperature of an incinerator and the concentrations of sigmaCl-/BrPAHs in ash samples, although lower concentrations of all halogenated PAHs were found in stoker-type incinerators than in fixed grate-type incinerators. Toxicity equivalency quotients (TEQs) for CIPAHs in ash samples were calculated with CIPAH potencies. Average TEQ concentrations of CIPAHs in fly ash and bottom ash were15800 pg-TEQ/g and 67 pg-TEQ/g, respectively. Our results suggest that the extent of dioxin-like toxicity contributed by CIPAHs in ash generated during waste incineration is similar to that reported previously for dioxins. Waste incineration is an important source of Cl-/BrPAHs in the urban atmosphere.
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- Yuichi Horii
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Empire State Plaza, P.O. Box 509, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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Falandysz J. Dioxin-like compound load in bulk of Chlorofen--a technical chlorobiphenyl formulation from Poland. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2007; 42:1959-1968. [PMID: 17990158 DOI: 10.1080/10934520701627025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The results from inventory aiming to quantify production of individual chlorobiphenyl (CB) constituents and by-product impurities such as chlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs), chlorodibenzofurans (CDFs) and chloronaphthalenes (CNs) contained in the bulk of manufactured Chlorofen presented. 2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl (#180) is the most abundant constituent of Chlorofen and its historical production is estimated as 210 tones, and followed in decreasing order other major constituents are 2,2',3,3',4,4',5',6-/2,2',3,4,4',5,5',6-OcCB (#196/203), 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-OcCB (#194), 2,2',3,3',4,5,6,6'-OcCB (#200) 2,2',3,3',4,5',6-HpCB (#175), 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6-OcCB (#198) 2,2',3,3',4,5,5,'6'-OcCB (#199), 2,2',3,3',4,5',6-HpCB (#175), 2,2',3,4,5,5',6-HpCB (#185) and 2,2',4,4',5,5'-HxCB (#153), which contributed from 150 to 53 tones, respectively. Production of non-ortho CBs was 30.277 kg with 23 kg input from 3,3'4,4',5-PeCB (#126), while of mono-ortho CBs was 390 kg with 200 kg input from 2,3',4,4',5-PeCB (#118). 3,3'4,4',5-PeCB (#126) and 3,3',4,4',5,5'-HxCB (#169) with 2300 and 99 g of dioxin TEQ were major dioxin-like contributors among planar CBs in this formulation. CDDs and CDFs content of the bulk of Chlorofen was estimated as 0.11 and 319 kg, respectively, and the most toxic members are 0.355 and 99.6 g TEQ. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7-HpCN (#73) with 5.3 kg (53 g TEQ) 1,2,3,4,5,6,8-HpCN (#74) with 2.9 kg (29 g TEQ) and OCN with 370 kg (37000 g TEQ) dominated among CNs in bulk of Chlorofen. An especially large contribution form OCN is due to its relatively high extrapolated REP value and absolute concentration value reported.
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- Jerzy Falandysz
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology & Food Toxicology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Lukaszewicz E, Ieda T, Horii Y, Yamashita N, Falandysz J. Comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GCxGC) qMS analysis of tetrachloronaphthalenes in Halowax formulations. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2007; 42:1607-14. [PMID: 17849302 DOI: 10.1080/10934520701517788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A combination of non-polar and shape selective columns in a comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GCxGC) system consisting of DB-5MS and LC-50 as the 1st and 2nd dimension columns was used to separate 22 tetrachloronaphthalene isomers. These columns enabled separation of all possible isomers of tetraCN found in the technical chloronaphthalene Halowax formulations into 18 peaks covering 15 single separated isomers and 7 co-eluting in triplicate (1,2,4,6-/1,2,4,7-/1,2,5,7-tetraCN; nos. 33/34/37) and in pairs (1,2,3,7-/1,2,4,5-tetraCN; nos. 30/32 as well as 1,3,5,8-/1,3,6,8-tetraCN; nos. 43/45). Twelve isomers of tetraCN resolved as single compounds by the GC x GC system used were found in Halowax 1001, 1013, 1014 and 1099 as well as in Equi-Halowax mixture. Three other tetraCNs that could be also resolved as single compounds were not detected in these materials, while the remaining 7 tetraCNs, which co-eluted, waits a further separation. The majority of constituents of the tetraCN homologue group of the Halowax formulations are isomers such as 1,4,5,8- (no. 46), 1,2,5,8- (no. 38), 1,2,4,8-tetraCN (no. 35), co-eluting 1,3,5,8-tetraCN (no. 43 in a pair nos. 43/45) and also co-eluting 1,2,4,6-/1,2,4,7-/1,2,5,7-tetraCN (nos. 33/34/37). The less abundant by amongst of tetraCNs in these mixtures are 1,4,6,7- (no. 47) and 1,3,5,7-tetraCN (no. 42). The remaining seven isomers, i.e., 1,2,3,4- (no. 27), 1,2,3,5- (no. 28), 1,2,3,6- (no. 29), 1,2,5,6- (no. 36), 1,2,6,7- (no. 39), 1,2,6,8- (no. 40) and 1,2,7,8-tetraCN (no. 41) are usually minor by quantity, while 1,2,3,7-/1,2,4,5-tetraCN (nos. 30/32) are also minor, or one of them is absent. Three tetraCNs not found in the Halowax formulations are isomers such as 1,2,3,8-tetraCN (no. 31), 1,3,6,7-tetraCN (no. 44) and 2,3,6,7-tetraCN (no. 48).
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- E Lukaszewicz
- Department of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Puzyn T, Falandysz J, Jones PD, Giesy JP. Quantitative structure-activity relationships for the prediction of relative in vitro potencies (REPs) for chloronaphthalenes. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2007; 42:573-90. [PMID: 17454365 DOI: 10.1080/10934520701244326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Chloronaphthalenes (CNs), due to their structural similarities to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and the other "dioxin-like" compounds, can bind to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and induce a wide range of pleotrophic effects. Relative potency of individual dioxin analogues can be measured relative to that of TCDD. Relative effects potencies (REP) can be based on many responses, including in vivo and in vitro responses. Both in vivo and in vitro tests, based on either indigenous responses such as the induction of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) or exogenous reporter genes under the control of the AhR such as luciferase can be used to determine REP values. Here we used measured REP values determined for CNs in two assays. Both assays are based on H4IIE rat hepatoma cells. The H4IIE assay is based on expression of the endogenous reporter gene (CYP-1 A) that codes for the expression of EROD and the H4IIE-luc assay which is based on the exogenous reporter gene (luciferase) transfected into the H4IIE cell line. Experimentally determined REP were available for only 17 and 18 of the 75 possible choronaphthalene congeners, for the H4IIE and H4IIE-luc assays, respectively. For this reason computational models were developed to allow prediction of the relative potencies of the other CN congeners. Predictive relationships were based on quantum chemical descriptors obtained from Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations (B3LYP/6-311++G**). The final models were found by means of a hybrid method combining a genetic algorithm and artificial neural networks. REP values estimated for individual CNs based on the H4IIE assay ranged from 4.3 x 10(- 9) to 3.2 x 10(- 2) while those based on the H4IIE-luc assay ranged from 4.0 x 10(- 8) to 1.8 x 10(- 3). CN congeners nos. 66, 67, 70 and 73 were exhibited the greatest REP values in both assays. The 1,2,3,5,6,8-hexaCN congener (no. 68) had a REP value that was 10-fold less. The remaining congeners had REP values that were less or did not cause sufficient up-regulation of the monitored genes to allow for the calculation of a REP. Interactions of CNs with the AhR could be affected by three possible factors: molecular size, steric interactions and electrostatic interactions. These findings are discussed relative to the use of consensus TCDD equivalency factors' (TEFs) for use in risk assessments of CNs for regulatory purposes.
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- Tomasz Puzyn
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk, Poland
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Wyrzykowska B, Hanari N, Orlikowska A, Bochentin I, Rostkowski P, Falandysz J, Taniyasu S, Horii Y, Jiang Q, Yamashita N. Polychlorinated biphenyls and -naphthalenes in pine needles and soil from Poland--concentrations and patterns in view of long-term environmental monitoring. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 67:1877-86. [PMID: 17207518 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Pine needles were selected as cost effective and easy collectable matrices suitable for long-term monitoring of the lower troposphere pollution with polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated naphthalenes. The fingerprints of PCNs and PCBs in the top layers of agricultural soils were used for determination of point sources of pollution for terrestrial ecosystems. The new idea based on the use of nona- and decachlorinated isomers fingerprint as an additional tool suitable for the identification of potential point sources of pollution with PCBs, seemed to be a capable tool to identify contamination of soil and ambient air related to former manufacturing and the use of highly chlorinated technical PCB preparations.
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- Barbara Wyrzykowska
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, University of Gdańsk, 18 Sobieskiego Street, PL 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Llobet JM, Falcó G, Bocio A, Domingo JL. Human exposure to polychlorinated naphthalenes through the consumption of edible marine species. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 66:1107-13. [PMID: 16890979 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.06.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The concentrations of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) were determined in samples of 14 edible marine species (sardine, tuna, anchovy, mackerel, swordfish, salmon, hake, red mullet, sole, cuttlefish, squid, clam, mussel and shrimp), which are widely consumed by the population of Catalonia, Spain. The daily intake of PCNs associated with this consumption was also determined. A total of 42 composite samples were analyzed by HRGC/HRMS. The highest PCN levels (ng/kg of fresh weight) were found in salmon (227) followed by mackerel (95) and red mullet (68), while the lowest levels of total PCNs corresponded to shrimp (4.9) and cuttlefish (2.7). With the exception of cephalopods and shellfish species, in which tetra-CN was the predominant homologue, penta-CN (60%) was the predominant contributor to total PCNs. For a standard male adult, PCN intake through the consumption of edible marine species was 1.53 ng/day. The highest contributions to this intake (ng/day) corresponded to salmon (0.41), sole (0.28) and tuna (0.24). Concerning health risks, species-specific TEFs such as those reported by WHO and NATO for PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs are not currently available for PCN congeners. Although in general terms the results of the present study do not seem to suggest specific risks derived from exposure to PCNs through fish and seafood consumption, to establish the contribution of individual PCN congeners to total TEQ is clearly necessary for the assessment of human health risks.
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- Juan M Llobet
- Toxicology Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Avgda. Diagonal, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Kucklick JR, Helm PA. Advances in the environmental analysis of polychlorinated naphthalenes and toxaphene. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 386:819-36. [PMID: 17019585 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0757-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Recent advances in the analysis of the chlorinated environmental pollutants polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and toxaphene are highlighted in this review. Method improvements have been realized for PCNs over the past decade in isomer-specific quantification, peak resolution, and the availability of mass-labeled standards. Toxaphene method advancements include the application of new capillary gas chromatographic (GC) stationary phases, mass spectrometry (MS), especially ion trap MS, and the availability of Standard Reference Materials that are value-assigned for total toxaphene and selected congener concentrations. An area of promise for the separation of complex mixtures such as PCNs and toxaphene is the development of multidimensional GC techniques. The need for continued advancements and efficiencies in the analysis of contaminants such as PCNs and toxaphene remains as monitoring requirements for these compound classes are established under international agreements.
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- John R Kucklick
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA.
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Isosaari P, Hallikainen A, Kiviranta H, Vuorinen PJ, Parmanne R, Koistinen J, Vartiainen T. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls, naphthalenes and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the edible fish caught from the Baltic Sea and lakes in Finland. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2006; 141:213-25. [PMID: 16226362 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2005] [Revised: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A total of 156 fish composite samples were collected from five areas of the Baltic Sea and from three lakes and analysed for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The European Union's maximum permissible level for PCDD/Fs, 4 pg WHO-TEQ/g fresh weight (fw), was exceeded in salmon, river lamprey and Baltic herring. In other species from the Baltic Sea, the 90th percentile was 3.42 pg WHO(PCDD/F)-TEQ/g fw. In the lake fish, the concentrations of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PCNs were only 29-46% of those in the same species caught from the Baltic Sea, whereas the concentrations of PBDEs in the lake fish were as high as in the Baltic Sea fish. Dioxin-like PCBs contributed to the total dioxin-like toxicity of PCBs and PCDD/Fs by 49+/-12% in all the analysed samples.
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- Pirjo Isosaari
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, P.O. Box 95, FI-70701 Kuopio, Finland.
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Sakai SI, Yamamoto T, Noma Y, Giraud R. Formation and control of toxic polychlorinated compounds during incineration of wastes containing polychlorinated naphthalenes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2006; 40:2247-53. [PMID: 16646460 DOI: 10.1021/es052156a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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To estimate the potential impact on municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator toxic equivalent (TEQ) emissions of treating wastes containing polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), pilot-scale thermal treatment experiments were conducted. MSW (run 1) and MSW fortified with synthetic rubber belts containing PCNs (runs 2 and 3) were incinerated. Flue-gas and ash samples were analyzed for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (co-PCBs), and PCNs. Final exhaust-gas WHO-TEQ emissions were all less than 0.1 ng/Nm3. Flue-gas TEQs were mainly from PCDFs (58-74%). When 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin relative potency factors (REPs) of specific PCN congeners from previous reports were used as estimated toxic equivalency factors to compute estimated PCN TEQs and total TEQs along with PCDDs, PCDFs, and co-PCBs, the contributions of PCNs to the total TEQs were small in ash samples and up to 28% in final exhaust gas. The TEQs in primary combustion flue gases increased through the formation of dioxins and PCNs and then decreased via secondary combustion, fabric filtration, and activated carbon adsorption. From this pilot-scale study, the incremental impact of incinerating PCN-containing wastes on annual TEQ emissions in Japan is estimated as 0.27 g of total TEQ.
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- Shin-Ichi Sakai
- Environment Preservation Center, Kyoto University, Yoshidahon-machi, Sakyo-ku, 606-8501 Kyoto, Japan.
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Puzyn T, Rostkowski P, Swieczkowski A, Jedrusiak A, Falandysz J. Prediction of environmental partition coefficients and the Henry's law constants for 135 congeners of chlorodibenzothiophene. CHEMOSPHERE 2006; 62:1817-28. [PMID: 16214201 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Revised: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 07/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes (PCDTs) could be classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment and are particularly interesting due to their structural resemblance to highly toxic dioxins. We show here some basic environmental properties such as n-octanol water (K(OW)), n-octanol/air (K(OA)) and air/water (K(AW)) partition coefficients as well as Henry's law constants (K(H)) for all 135 congeners of chlorodibenzothiophene. Predictions were made by regression of principal components (PCR) and with aid of a set of standard chemicals, for which physical-chemical properties are well featured. Computed K(OW), K(OA), K(AW) and K(H) values for mono-CDTs ranged, respectively, between 4.66 and 4.71, 7.48 and 7.55, -2.84 and -2.82, 3.56 and 3.74; for di-CDTs between 5.02 and 5.28, 8.03 and 8.29, -3.01 and -2.95, 2.42 and 2.75; for tri-CDTs between 5.53 and 5.70, 8.65 and 8.87, -3.2 and -3.11, 1.58 and 1.92; for tetra-CDTs between 5.95 and 6.13, 9.27 and 9.50, -3.39 and -3.27, 1.02 and 1.33; for penta-CDTs between 6.38 and 6.51, 9.88 and 10.05, -3.54 and -3.45, 0.72 and 0.88; for hexa-CDTs between 6.83 and 6.97, 10.54 and 10.66, -3.72 and -3.64, 0.47 and 0.56; for hepta-CDTs between 7.28 and 7.35, 11.12 and 11.20, -3.81 and -3.87, 0.33 and 0.38; for octa-CDT 7.74, 11.78, -4.04 and 0.23. An estimated value of the three types of partition coefficient and Henry's law constants suggest that polychlorinated dibenzothiophenes are lipophilic and semi-volatile persistent organic pollutants. Their mobility in the environment seems to be very similar to that of some well-known POPs such as polychlorinated dibenzofurans, -dibenzo-p-dioxins, and -biphenyls or organochlorine pesticides.
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- Tomasz Puzyn
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, University of Gdańsk, 18 Sobieskiego Street, PL 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Noma Y, Yamamoto T, Giraud R, Sakai SI. Behavior of PCNs, PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs in the thermal destruction of wastes containing PCNs. CHEMOSPHERE 2006; 62:1183-95. [PMID: 16154176 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2005] [Revised: 06/24/2005] [Accepted: 07/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In the first known study to characterize the emissions of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) from the thermal treatment of wastes containing PCNs, the formation and decomposition behavior of these pollutants was investigated both at laboratory scale and at plant scale. Exhaust gas measurements from laboratory-scale combustion of rubber belts containing PCNs (FB belts) were used as the basis for calculations predicting that the incremental dioxin toxic equivalency (TEQ) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators would be less than 0.1 ng/m3 N. In order to directly examine co-incineration of FB belts with MSW and to address potential differences between the laboratory experiment and full-scale MSW incinerators, experiments were conducted using a larger scale thermal treatment test facility with sampling and analysis at several points in the thermal treatment process. Congener specific analysis of PCNs clearly showed that both destruction and synthesis simultaneously occurred during combustion in the kiln. Most of the PCNs were destroyed by secondary combustion, and almost all PCNs were removed after flue gas treatment. Almost all PCDDs/DFs were synthesized as by-products of kiln combustion, most of them were destroyed by the secondary combustion, and almost all dioxins (PCDDs/DFs and dl-PCBs) were removed after flue gas treatment. The TEQ emission levels were less than 0.1 ng/m3 N for all plant-scale tests, and differences in TEQ emission levels were very small. Adding wastes containing PCNs to MSW will not influence thermal treatment emissions to the environment from modern solid waste incinerators.
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- Yukio Noma
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
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Falandysz J, Nose K, Ishikawa Y, Lukaszewicz E, Yamashita N, Noma Y. Chloronaphthalenes composition of several batches of Halowax 1051. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2006; 41:291-301. [PMID: 16484064 DOI: 10.1080/10934520500423147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Halowax 1051 is the highest chlorinated technical chloronaphthalene mixture among seven known formulations of the Halowax series. Octa- and heptaCN homologue groups are the main CN constituents of Halowax 1051 with declared 90% and 10% contents, respectively. In this study, using an isotope dilution technique and HRGC/HRMS, octaCN and heptaCNs contents of six batches of Halowax 1051 were between 82-93% and 6.2-17%, respectively. Also mono- to hexaCNs were found in Halowax 1051, and their content more or less varied according to the batch; also, the abundance of a particular CN congeners varied. Tetra-, penta- and hexaCNs have been found in all six batches of Halowax 1051 examined, and their contents varied between 0.0024-0.77%, 0.031-0.22%, and 0.21-0.82%, respectively. TriCNs have been found in three of six batches, and mono- and diCNs in two of six batches with 0.0020-0.40, 0.0017-0.25 and 0.0012-0.34% for positive findings, respectively. 2,3-DiCN (no. 10), 1,8-diCN (no. 9) at < 0.0002 mg/g, 1,6,7-/2,3,6-triCNs (nos. 25/26), 1,3,8-triCN (no. 22) at < 0.0002 mg/g, 1,3,6,7-tetra (no. 44), 1,2,3,6-tetra- (no. 29), 1,2,7,8-tetraCN (no. 41) and 1,2,3,6,7,9-hexaCN (no. 70) at < 0.0005 mg/g have not been found in Halowax 1051.
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- J Falandysz
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Falandysz J, Nose K, Ishikawa Y, Łukaszewicz E, Yamashita N, Noma Y. HRGC/HRMS analysis of chloronaphthalenes in several batches of Halowax 1000, 1001, 1013, 1014 and 1099. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2006; 41:2237-55. [PMID: 17018410 DOI: 10.1080/10934520600872748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Chloronaphthalene (CN) congeners and homologue groups have been quantified in up to three batches of several types of technical CN formulations of the Halowax series (Halowax 1031, 1000, 1001, 1013, 1014 and 1099), to elucidate possible batch-to-batch compositional variations. Using isotope dilution and HRGC/HRMS a relatively large variation in CN congeners and homologues composition among the batches of particular types of the Halowax formulations could be noted, and also when compared to the composition declared by the manufacturer. Depending on the type of the Halowax formulation and its batch in total up to 54 peaks from chloronaphthalenes (Agilent Ultra 2 liquid phase), which represented 70 of 75 CN congeners theoretically possible, could be found in these mixtures. These congeners represented all CN homologue groups from mono- to octaCN but some co-eluted. A co-eluting congeners were such as: 1,4-/1,6- (nos. 5/7), 1,5-/2,7- (nos. 6/12), 2,6-1,7- (nos. 11/8) of diCNs; 1,3,6-/1,3,5- (nos. 20/19), 1,3,7-/1,4,6- (nos. 23/24), 1,6,7-/2,3,6- (nos. 25/26) of triCNs; 1,2,5,7-/1,2,4,6-/1,2,4,7- (nos. 37/33/34), 1,3,6,8-/1,2,5,6- (nos. 45/36), 1,2,3,5-/1,3,5,8- (nos. 28/43), 1,2,3,4-/1,2,3,7- (nos. 27/30), 1,2,5,8-/1,2,6,8- (nos. 38/40) of tetraCNs; 1,2,3,5,7-/1,2,4,6,7- (nos. 52/60), 1,2,3,5,8-/1,2,3,6,8- (nos. 53/55) of pentaCNs; 1,2,3,4,6,7-/1,2,3,5,6,7- (nos. 66/67), 1,2,3,4,5,7-/1,2,3,5,6,8- (64/68) and 1,2,4,5,6,8-/1,2,4,5,7,8- (nos. 71/72) of hexaCNs. Absent in the Halowaxes were CN congeners such as 1,3,8-triCN (no. 22) (<0.0002 mg/g), 1,3,6,7-tetraCN (no. 44), 1,2,3,6-TetraCN (no. 29), 1,2,3,6,7-pentaCN (no. 54) and 1,2,3,6,7,8-hexaCN (no. 70) (<0.0005 mg/g).
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- J Falandysz
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Noma Y, Minetomatsu K, Falandysz J, Flisak M, Swietojańska A, Jecek L, Miyaji K, Sakai S. By-side impurities in chloronaphthalene mixtures of the Halowax series: all 135 chlorodibenzofurans. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2005; 40:63-76. [PMID: 15663300 DOI: 10.1081/ese-200033569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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One hundred twenty five congeners of CDF off 135 theoretically possible were quantified in seven of various type Halowax formulations but still 45 co-eluted under the gas chromatographic conditions applied. The total CDFs concentration of Halowax formulations was between 250 and 16,000 ng/g. The compositional profile of CDF homologue groups of the Halowaxes frequently followed a degree of chlorination of the parent chloronaphthalene mixture and an exception was Halowax 1031. The compositional profile of many isomers of trichlorodibenzofuran, found and often highly abundant, was characteristic to majority of the formulations examined, and each of them demonstrated to have its own pattern but mysterious to explain remained Halowax 1031. In term of dioxin-like toxicity the most potent due to CDFs content was Halowax 1014 with 210 ng TCDD TEQ/g and next was Halowax 1013 with 36 ng TEQ/g, while between 1.3 and 5.0 ng TEQ/g were for other formulations. A tentative estimation made implies that the net total CDFs production due to manufacture of the technical CNs in the XX century could reach an amount between 420 kg (median) and 825 kg (mean), and for most toxic dioxin-like congeners between 705 g (median) and 5700 g (mean) TCDD TEQ, while for the worst case of Halowax 1014 alone scenario it could be 750 kg of the total CDFs and 16 kg of TCDD TEQ for most toxic congeners.
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- Y Noma
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
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