TY - JOUR
T1 - A global systematic review on the concentration of organophosphate esters in water resources
T2 - Meta-analysis, and probabilistic risk assessment
AU - Vasseghian, Yasser
AU - Alimohamadi, Monireh
AU - Khataee, Alireza
AU - Dragoi, Elena Niculina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/2/10
Y1 - 2022/2/10
N2 - Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are used as additives in various industries. They do not chemically bond with the polymeric structure of materials, so they can stay for a long time and have a very adverse effect on the environment. To analyze the development of the prevalence and concentration of OPEs such as TCEP, TCPP, TDCP, TnBP, TPHP, TBOEP, TEHP, TMP, TCIPP, TDCIPP, TMPP, and TDBPP in water resources, a search between January 01, 2000, to April 08, 2021, was followed by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Among of the 888 articles scanned in the identity step, 58 articles containing 2676 samples, 10 countries, and 4 water types were included in the meta-analysis study. Among all studied OPEs, the concentration of TcrP, TCPP, TDCPP, and TnBP were at the top in water resources, with values >715 μg L−1 and lowest average concentrations were obtained for TDBPP and TpeP with values <0.0004 μg L−1. The most polluted area in terms of the concentration of OPEs in water resources was China. Besides, data analysis showed that there only was carcinogenic risk for China. A Monte-Carlo simulation indicated that although these obtained averages are in the same order of magnitude as the acceptable limit, for both adults and children, 95% of the population is at risk.
AB - Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are used as additives in various industries. They do not chemically bond with the polymeric structure of materials, so they can stay for a long time and have a very adverse effect on the environment. To analyze the development of the prevalence and concentration of OPEs such as TCEP, TCPP, TDCP, TnBP, TPHP, TBOEP, TEHP, TMP, TCIPP, TDCIPP, TMPP, and TDBPP in water resources, a search between January 01, 2000, to April 08, 2021, was followed by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Among of the 888 articles scanned in the identity step, 58 articles containing 2676 samples, 10 countries, and 4 water types were included in the meta-analysis study. Among all studied OPEs, the concentration of TcrP, TCPP, TDCPP, and TnBP were at the top in water resources, with values >715 μg L−1 and lowest average concentrations were obtained for TDBPP and TpeP with values <0.0004 μg L−1. The most polluted area in terms of the concentration of OPEs in water resources was China. Besides, data analysis showed that there only was carcinogenic risk for China. A Monte-Carlo simulation indicated that although these obtained averages are in the same order of magnitude as the acceptable limit, for both adults and children, 95% of the population is at risk.
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Organophosphate esters
KW - Probabilistic health risk assessment
KW - Uncertainty
KW - Water resources
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116908328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150876
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150876
M3 - Article
C2 - 34627903
AN - SCOPUS:85116908328
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 807
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 150876
ER -