Established and emerging organophosphate esters (OPEs) and the expansion of an environmental contamination issue: A review and future directions

L Ye, J Li, S Gong, SM Herczegh, Q Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The list of organophosphate esters (OPEs) reported in the environment continues to expand
as evidenced by the increasing number of OPE studies in the literature. However, there …

Insights into the geographical distribution, bioaccumulation characteristics, and ecological risks of organophosphate esters

Z Yan, C Feng, KMY Leung, Y Luo, J Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organophosphate esters (OPEs), as flame retardants and plasticizers, have been
numerously explored regarding the occurrence and ecotoxicology. Given their toxicity …

A critical review on sources and environmental behavior of organophosphorus flame retardants in the soil: Current knowledge and future perspectives

YX Tian, HY Chen, J Ma, QY Liu, YJ Qu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) have been widely used in industrial and
commercial applications. Unfortunately, the chemical constituents of OPFRs …

[HTML][HTML] Non-target screening and risk assessment of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in drinking water resource water, surface water, groundwater, and seawater

J Huang, Z Gao, G Hu, G Su - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
By use of an integrated target, suspect, and non-target screening strategy, we investigated
occurrence and spatial distribution of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in four types of water …

Sources, behaviors, transformations, and environmental risks of organophosphate esters in the coastal environment: A review

Z Chen, C An, M Elektorowicz, X Tian - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid growth in the global production of organophosphate esters (OPEs) has resulted in
their high environmental concentrations. The low removal rate of OPEs makes the effluents …

Organophosphate flame retardants in pregnant women: sources, occurrence, and potential risks to pregnancy outcomes

Y Li, X Wang, Q Zhu, Y Xu, Q Fu, T Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) are found in various environmental matrixes
and human samples. Exposure to OPFRs during gestation may interfere with pregnancy, for …

Engineering enzymes for environmental sustainability

E Radley, J Davidson, J Foster… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development and implementation of sustainable catalytic technologies is key to
delivering our net‐zero targets. Here we review how engineered enzymes, with a focus on …

Global environmental and toxicological impacts of polybrominated diphenyl ethers versus organophosphate esters: A comparative analysis and regrettable …

A Qadeer, S Mubeen, M Liu, TG Bekele… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The prevalence of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in the global environment is increasing,
which aligns with the decline in the usage of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) …

Spatiotemporal transitions of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in sediments from the Pearl River Delta, China

Z Lao, H Li, Z Liao, Y Liu, G Ying, A Song, M Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent regulations on the use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs, especially
polybrominated diphenyl ethers, PBDEs) have led a sharp increase in the use of …

Organophosphate esters (OPEs) in a heavily polluted river in South China: Occurrence, spatiotemporal trends, sources, and phase distribution

YS Liu, HR Li, ZL Lao, ST Ma, ZC Liao, AM Song… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past decade, organophosphate esters (OPEs) undergo rapid increase in production
and use. Meanwhile, owing to their additive property, OPEs exhibit liability to escape from …