Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1039/c9em00455f |
| Document | author version |
| Title (Primary) | Investigating the presence and persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in Arctic sediments |
| Author | Panagopoulos Abrahamsson, D.; Warner, N.A.; Jantunen, L.; Jahnke, A.
; Wong, F.; MacLeod, M. |
| Source Titel | Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts |
| Year | 2020 |
| Department | OEC |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Page From | 908 |
| Page To | 917 |
| Language | englisch |
| Supplements | http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c9/em/c9em00455f/c9em00455f1.pdf |
| Abstract | Volatile methylsiloxanes (VMS) have been identified as contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic systems. Here, we report on the presence of VMS in sediment and wastewater from Arctic regions in 2014 to 2016 and model their persistence in Adventfjorden in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Total concentrations of VMS in sediment were dominated by D-4 and D-5 and ranged from 0.0024 to 1.7 ng g(-1) at Svalbard (Longyearbyen), from 4.0 to 43 ng g(-1) in Greenland (Nuuk) and from 0.19 to 21 ng g(-1) in the Canadian Archipelago. Concentrations in wastewater samples from Svalbard ranged from 12 to 156 ng L-1. Large variability in reported values of the partition ratio between organic carbon and water (K-OC) and enthalpy of sorption (Delta H-OC; often estimated from enthalpy of phase change between octanol and water, Delta H-OW) of VMS has resulted in high uncertainty in evaluating persistence in aquatic systems. We evaluated previously reported K-OC and Delta H-OC values from the literature in predicting measured VMS concentrations in sediment and wastewater in scenarios using a fugacity-based multimedia model for VMS concentrations in Svalbard. We tested two different model scenarios: (1) K-OC and Delta H-OW measurements for three cyclic VMS previously reported by Kozerski et al. (Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 2014, 33, 1937-1945) and Xu and Kropscott (Environ. Chem., 2014, 33, 2702-2710) and (2) the K-OC and Delta H-OC measurements from Panagopoulos et al. (Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49, 12161-12168 and Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2017, 4(6), 240-245). Concentrations of VMS in sediment predicted from concentrations in wastewater in scenario 2 were in good agreement with measured concentrations, whereas in scenario 1, predicted concentrations were 2 to 4 orders of magnitude lower. Such large discrepancies indicate that the differences in the predicted concentrations are more likely to be attributed to K-OC and Delta H-OC than to uncertainty in environmental parameters or emission rates. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=23405 |
| Panagopoulos Abrahamsson, D., Warner, N.A., Jantunen, L., Jahnke, A., Wong, F., MacLeod, M. (2020): Investigating the presence and persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in Arctic sediments Environ. Sci.-Process Impacts 22 (4), 908 - 917 10.1039/c9em00455f |
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