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Water Air Soil Pollut (2017) 228: 98 DOI 10.1007/s11270-017-3277-9
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Web End = A Study on Environmental Bisphenol A Pollution in Plastics Industry Areas
Zhenkun Lin & Lituo Wang & Yinhang Jia &
Yanfang Zhang & Qiaoxiang Dong &
Changjiang Huang
Received: 8 September 2016 /Accepted: 30 January 2017 /Published online: 12 February 2017 # Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Abstract Bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine-disrupting chemical, is receiving increasing concerns regarding its adverse effects on the endocrine system in wildlife and humans. This study was designed to investigate BPA pollution in environmental media in plastics industry areas and to explore the relationship between BPA pollution and the characteristic of different plastics industry. A total of 66 river water samples, 6 aquatic animal samples, and 64 surface soil samples were collected from three cities with different characteristics of plastics industry in southeast China. BPA concentrations in river water (2405680 ng L1), aquatic animals (116.13477.42 ng g1), and surface soil(38.702960.86 ng g1) were highest in Yuyao City where the plastics industry mainly involved in the production of plastic raw materials. BPA concentrations in Taizhou City were modest and comparable to those reported elsewhere though Taizhou is characterized by its massive production of plastic products. BPA concentrations in Wenzhou City were the lowest where relatively low activities are involved in the plastics industry. Our data indicate that the plastics industry involved the use of BPA as an intermediate in production of raw plastics such as polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins
was the dominant cause of BPA pollution in the surrounding environments.
Keywords Bisphenol A . Plastics industry. Production waste . River water. Surface soil . Aquatic animals
1 Introduction
There is growing interest in the possible health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which have adverse effects on the endocrine system in wildlife and humans (Diamanti-Kandarakis et al. 2009). EDC was defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an exogenous agent that interferes with synthesis, secretion, transport, metabolism, binding action, or elimination of natural blood-borne hormones that are present in the body and are responsible for homeostasis, reproduction, and developmental process. Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most well-known EDCs. The endocrine-disrupting effect of BPA was firstly discovered by...