Predicting reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by nanoscale zerovalent iron and its implications for environmental risk assessment
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- Title
- Predicting reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by nanoscale zerovalent iron and its implications for environmental risk assessment
- Authors
- Kim, EJ; Kim, JH; Kim, JH; Bokare, V; Chang, YS
- Date Issued
- 2014-02-01
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Abstract
- The reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) has proven to be a successful remediation approach. This study simulates the congener profiles and overall ecotoxicological impact of PBDE debromination by nZVI. The relationship between the calculated redox potential values and PBDE debromination rates was sufficiently strong to generate a satisfactory predictive capacity, which was further used to develop a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model for the determination of the PBDE debromination patterns and dominant pathways. The predicted results of deca-BDE debromination showed that it would completely disappear within 30 days, but its lower brominated products, particularly tri- to penta-homologues, could exist in the environment even after 5 years. Formation and accumulation of more toxic, low brominated congeners through deca-BDE debromination suggest that deca-BDE may pose prolonged environmental risks. Changes in the toxic equivalent (TEQ) values during deca-BDE debromination parallel the occurrence and transformation of specific low brominated congeners with dioxin-like potency. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Reductive debromination; Nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI); Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR); Dioxin-like activity; ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL DEBROMINATION; ZERO-VALENT IRON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL ROLE; RATE CONSTANTS; PBDES; DEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/13990
- DOI
- 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2013.07.038
- ISSN
- 0048-9697
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 470, page. 1553 - 1557, 2014-02-01
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