Table 9 Determination of alkylphenols, chlorinated phenols and bisphenol-A in seawater in China, 2001

 

 

Compound

Concentrationng/L

2001-I-Bohai Sea

2001-I-South Sea (Xiamen)

2001-I-Yellow Sea (Qingdao)

2001-I-East Sea

2001-I-Dalian Bay

12

20

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

4-t-Butylphenol

8.16

10.1

6.87

5.91

8.34

7.00

775.5

15.0

5.84

6.13

2,4-Dichlorophenol

4.53

12.6

4.62

4.00

4.34

4.08

19.47

20.1

5.04

5.59

4-n-Butylphenol

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

4-n-Pentylphenol

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

4-n-Hexyphenol

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

4-t-Octylphenol

19.24

20.9

34.4

38.1

26.1

26.6

607.6

113.0

28.9

31.7

4-n-Heptylphenol

3.49

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

3.36

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

285.5

4-Nonylphenol

164.4

129.9

263.8

284.1

57.0

45.3

490.7

284.5

46.1

N.D.

4-n-Octylphenol

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

3.64

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

Pentachlorophenol

10.8

66.1

4.17

4.34

3.61

3.69

7.74

9.53

3.74

N.D.

Bisphenol-A

9.08

10.7

15.6

13.5

7.59

7.81

13.04

18.8

9.56

6.44

Bisphenol-A D14

(Surrogate)

74.7

83.0

 

80.2

 

91.1

 

85.4

 

89.5

 

87.89

 

76.5

 

87.1

 

88.5