Journal article
Dechlorane Plus as an emerging environmental pollutant in Asia: A review
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2020
Abstract
Dechlorane Plus (DP) is an unregulated, highly chlorinated flame retardant. It has been manufactured from past 40 years but its presence in the environment was initially reported in 2006. Later, it has been found in various biotic and abiotic environmental matrices. However, little attention has been paid to monitor its presence in Asia. Many studies have reported the occurrence of DP in the environment of Asia, yet the data are scarce, and studies are limited to few regions. The objective of present review is to summarize the occurrence, distribution, and toxicity of this ubiquitous pollutant in various environmental matrices (biotic and abiotic). DP has also been reported in the areas with no emission sources, which proves its long-range transport. Moreover, urbanization and industrialization also affect the distribution of DP, i.e., high levels of DP have been found in urban areas relative to the rural. Tidal movement also incorporates in transport of DP across the aquatic system. Further, bioaccumulation trend of DP in various tissues is kidney > liver > muscle tissues, whereas, blood brain barrier resists its accumulation in brain tissues. Additionally, gender-based accumulation trends revealed high DP levels in females in comparison to males due to strong metabolism of males. Furthermore, methodological aspects and instrumental analysis used in previous studies have also been summarized here. However, data on biomagnification in aquatic ecosystem and bioaccumulation of DP in terrestrial food web are still scarce. Toxicity behavior of syn-DP and anti-DP is still unknown which might gain the interest for future studies.
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- Title
- Dechlorane Plus as an emerging environmental pollutant in Asia: A review
- Authors/Creators
- M.I. Zafar (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityS. Kali (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityM. Ali (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityM.A. Riaz (Author/Creator) - University of SargodhaT. Naz (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityM.M. Iqbal (Author/Creator) - Ghent UniversityN. Masood (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityK. Munawar (Author/Creator) - King Saud UniversityB. Jan (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityS. Ahmed (Author/Creator) - University of Agriculture FaisalabadA. Waseem (Author/Creator) - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityM.B.K. Niazi (Author/Creator) - University of Groningen
- Publication Details
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Publisher
- Springer
- Identifiers
- 991005544972607891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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