Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in drinking water from Eastern China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 538; pp. 959 - 965
• Main Authors: Ding, Jinjian, Shen, Xiaoli, Liu, Weiping, Covaci, Adrian, Yang, Fangxing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.12.2015
• Subjects: Carcinogenic risk; China; drinking; Drinking water; Drinking Water - chemistry; Environmental Monitoring; Esters; Esters - analysis; Exposure; Exposure assessment; exposure pathways; Human; human health; humans; Non-cancer risk; Organophosphate esters; Organophosphorus Compounds - analysis; people; Phosphates; Risk; Risk Assessment; Tap water; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; China; China, People's Rep; Organophosphate esters; Drinking water; Carcinogenic risk; Non-cancer risk; Exposure assessment

Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are ubiquitous in the environment and may pose potential health risks to humans. Drinking water is suspected as one possible exposure pathway of OPEs to humans. In this study, we investigated the residues of 9 OPEs in five types of drinking water in Eastern China. The m...