Occurrence of organophosphorus esters in outdoor air fine particulate matter and comprehensive assessment of human exposure: A global systematic review

S Azizi, MH Dehghani, K Naddafi, R Nabizadeh… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are widely used in various industrial items, including
plastics, textiles, construction materials, electronics, and auto parts. Several studies have …

Uncovering global-scale risks from commercial chemicals in air

Q Liu, L Li, X Zhang, A Saini, W Li, H Hung, C Hao, K Li… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Commercial chemicals are used extensively across urban centres worldwide, posing a
potential exposure risk to 4.2 billion people. Harmful chemicals are often assessed on the …

An overview: organophosphate flame retardants in the atmosphere

HC Kung, YK Hsieh, BW Huang, NK Cheruiyot… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2022 - aaqr.org
Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) have been adopted as safer alternatives to
polybrominated biphenyl ether flame retardants. However, because of their ubiquitous …

Emissions and fate of organophosphate esters in outdoor urban environments

TFM Rodgers, A Giang, ML Diamond, E Gillies… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cities are drivers of the global economy, containing products and industries that emit many
chemicals. Here, we use the Multimedia Urban Model (MUM) to estimate atmospheric …

Insights into the atmospheric persistence, transformation, and health implications of organophosphate esters in urban ambient air

JY Lao, H Lin, X Qin, Y Ruan, KMY Leung… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transformation of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in natural ambient air and potential
health risks from coexposure to OPEs and their transformation products are largely unclear …

Atmospheric OH oxidation chemistry of particulate liquid crystal monomers: an emerging persistent organic pollutant in air

Q Liu, J Liggio, J Wentzell, P Lee, K Li… - … Science & Technology …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are synthetic chemicals widely used in liquid crystal
displays such as televisions and smartphones and have recently been detected in indoor …

PM2.5-Bound Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Hong Kong: Occurrence, Origins, and Source-Specific Health Risks

X Wang, CW Leung, Z Cai, D Hu - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are emerging organic pollutants in PM2. 5,
which have caused significant public health concerns in recent years, given their potential …

[HTML][HTML] GAPS-megacities: A new global platform for investigating persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in urban air

A Saini, T Harner, S Chinnadhurai, JK Schuster… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
A pilot study was initiated in 2018 under the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS)
Network named GAPS-Megacities. This study included 20 megacities/major cities across the …

Spatiotemporal variations and the ecological risks of organophosphate esters in Laizhou Bay waters between 2019 and 2021: Implying the impacts of the COVID-19 …

M Lian, J Wang, B Wang, M Xin, C Lin, X Gu, M He… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are a group of synthetic chemicals used in numerous
consumer products such as plastics and furniture. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID …

Spatioseasonal variations and partitioning behavior of organophosphate esters in the Great Lakes atmosphere

Y Wu, M Venier, A Salamova - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) were measured in atmospheric vapor and particle samples
collected at six sites in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin every 12 days from January to …