Fate of tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane brominated flame retardants in soil and uptake by plants

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-209

  Li, Yaning ^a   Zhou, Qixing ^a,b   Wang, Yingying ^a   Xie, Xiujie ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Fate; Organic pollutant; Plant uptake; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; HISTOLOGY; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS; SORPTION; TISSUE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DIASTEREOMER PATTERNS; FATE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; PLANT UPTAKE; SOIL PLANT SYSTEMS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHOOT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SORPTION; TRANSLOCATION; VEGETABLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BROMINATION; CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANT TISSUE; RADISH; SOIL;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 78650271320     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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