US EPA

675437 

Journal Article 

The environmental fate of phthalate esters: A literature review 

Staples, CA; Peterson, DR; Parkerton, TF; Adams, WJ 

1997 

Yes 

Chemosphere
ISSN: 0045-6535
EISSN: 1879-1298 

Elsevier 

35 

4 

667-749 

English 

WOS:A1997XM82700002 

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A comprehensive and critical review was performed on the environmental fate of eighteen commercial phthalate esters with alkyl chains ranging from 1 to 13 carbons. A synthesis of the extensive literature data on physicochemical properties, partitioning behavior, abiotic and biotic transformations and bioaccumulation processes of these chemicals is presented. This chemical class exhibits an eight order of magnitude increase in octanol-water partition coefficients (Kow) and a four order of magnitude decrease in vapor pressure (VP) as alkyl chain length increases from 1 to 13 carbons. A critical review of water solubility measurements for higher molecular weight phthalate esters (i.e. alkyl chains \ 6 carbons) reveals that most published values exceed true water solubilities due to experimental difficulties associated with solubility determinations for these hydrophobic organic liquids. Laboratory and field studies show that partitioning to suspended solids, soils, sedimen 

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