Airborne PCDD/Fs in two e-waste recycling regions after stricter environmental regulations  

作　　者：Manwen Zhang Guixian Feng Wenhua Yin Bing Xie Mingzhong Ren Zhencheng Xu Sukun Zhang Zongwei Cai 

机构地区：[1]Partner State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University [2]South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2017年第12期3-10,共8页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.91543202);the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China(Nos.201409022,201409080 and 201509063);South China Institute of Environmental Science(No.PM-zx021-201510-015)

摘　　要：Since the 2010 s, the authorities of Guangdong province and local governments have enhanced law enforcement and environmental regulations to abolish open burning, acid washing, and other uncontrolled e-waste recycling activities. In this study, ambient air and indoor dust near different kinds of e-waste recycling processes were collected in Guiyu and Qingyuan to investigate the pollution status of particles and polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxins and furans（PCDD/Fs） after stricter environmental regulations. PM_（2.5） and PCDD/Fs both showed significantly reduced levels in the two regions compared with the documented data. The congener distribution and principal component analysis results also confirmed the significant differences between the current PCDD/Fs pollution characterizations and the historical ones. The estimated total intake doses via air inhalation and dust ingestion of children in the recycling region of Guiyu ranged from 10 to 32 pg TEQ/（kg·day）, which far exceeded the tolerable daily intake（TDI） limit（1–4 pg TEQ/（kg·day）. Although the measurements showed a significant reduction of the release of PCDD/Fs, the pollution status was still considered severe in Guiyu town after stricter regulations were implemented.Since the 2010 s, the authorities of Guangdong province and local governments have enhanced law enforcement and environmental regulations to abolish open burning, acid washing, and other uncontrolled e-waste recycling activities. In this study, ambient air and indoor dust near different kinds of e-waste recycling processes were collected in Guiyu and Qingyuan to investigate the pollution status of particles and polychlorinated dibenzo-pdioxins and furans（PCDD/Fs） after stricter environmental regulations. PM_（2.5） and PCDD/Fs both showed significantly reduced levels in the two regions compared with the documented data. The congener distribution and principal component analysis results also confirmed the significant differences between the current PCDD/Fs pollution characterizations and the historical ones. The estimated total intake doses via air inhalation and dust ingestion of children in the recycling region of Guiyu ranged from 10 to 32 pg TEQ/（kg·day）, which far exceeded the tolerable daily intake（TDI） limit（1–4 pg TEQ/（kg·day）. Although the measurements showed a significant reduction of the release of PCDD/Fs, the pollution status was still considered severe in Guiyu town after stricter regulations were implemented.

关 键 词：Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans E-waste recycling China Environmental regulation 

分 类 号：X705[环境科学与工程—环境工程]