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TERRESTRIAL FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 610(SRC), determined from a log Kow of 2.59(2) and a regression-derived equation(3), indicates that 4-bromophenol is expected to have low mobility in soil(SRC). The pKa of 4-bromophenol is 9.17(4), indicating that this compound will exist partially in the anion form in the environment and anions generally do not adsorb more strongly to soils containing organic carbon and clay than their neutral counterparts(5). Volatilization of 4-bromophenol from moist soil surfaces is not expected to be an important fate process(SRC) given a Henry's Law constant of 1.51X10-7 atm-cu m/mole(6). 4-Bromophenol is not expected to volatilize from dry soil surfaces(SRC) based upon an estimated vapor pressure of 1.2X10-2 mm Hg(SRC), determined from a fragment constant method(7). A theoretical BOD of 0% using activated sludge in the Japanese MITI test(8) suggests that biodegradation is not an important fate process in soil(SRC).

AQUATIC FATE: Based on a classification scheme(1), an estimated Koc value of 610(SRC), determined from a log Kow of 2.59(2) and a regression-derived equation(3), indicates that 4-bromophenol is expected to adsorb to suspended solids and sediment(SRC). Volatilization from water surfaces is not expected(3) based upon a Henry's Law constant of 1.5X10-7 atm-cu m/mole(4). According to a classification scheme(5), an experimental BCF of 8.0 to 12(6) suggests the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low(SRC). A theoretical BOD of 0% using activated sludge in the Japanese MITI test(6) suggests that biodegradation is not an important fate process in water(SRC).

ATMOSPHERIC FATE: According to a model of gas/particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds in the atmosphere(1), 4-bromophenol, which has an estimated vapor pressure of 1.17X10-2 mm Hg at 25 °C(2), is expected to exist solely as a vapor in the ambient atmosphere. Vapor-phase 4-bromophenol is degraded in the atmosphere by reaction with photochemically-produced hydroxyl radicals(SRC); the half-life for this reaction in air is estimated to be 1.7 days(SRC), calculated from its rate constant of 9.7X10-12 cu cm/molecule-sec at 25 °C(SRC) that was derived using a structure estimation method(3). 4-Bromophenol does not contain chromophores that absorb at wavelengths >290 nm(4) and therefore is not expected to be susceptible to direct photolysis by sunlight(SRC).

4-Bromophenol was identified in automotive emissions in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 ug/cu m(1). 4-Bromophenol was identified in industrial wastewater samples from photographic industries at 187 ng/uL(2). The raw flue gas from a Swedish hazardous waste incinerator, located at Norrtorp, and fed chlorinated (mainly solvents) and brominated waste (tetrabutylammonium bromide) contained 3-/4-bromophenol at 24, 230, and 31 ng/cu m over three tests, respectively; bromides were present initially at 32, 1100, and 530 mg/cu m, respectively(3).

The Koc of 4-bromophenol is estimated as 610(SRC), using a log Kow of 2.59(1) and a regression-derived equation(2). According to a classification scheme(3), this estimated Koc value suggests that 4-bromophenol is expected to have low mobility in soil. The pKa of 4-bromophenol is 9.17(4), indicating that this compound will exist partially in the anion form in the environment and anions generally do not adsorb more strongly to soils containing organic carbon and clay than their neutral counterparts(5).

/ENDOCRINE MODULATION/ ... The estrogen-like activity of phenol, 4-bromophenol (4-BP), 2,4-dibromophenol (2,4-DBP), 2,4,6-tribromophenol (2,4,6-TBP) and 4-tert-butylphenol (tert-BP) /was characterized/ using the estrogen-dependent human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. 4-BP, 2,4-DBP and 4-tert-BP all bind to the estrogen receptor (ER) with approximately 10,000-fold less affinity than 17 beta-estradiol (17 beta-E). 2,4,6-TBP was only able to displace 43% of radiolabelled estrogen when tested at concentrations up to 1 uM, whereas phenol had no affinity for the ER. 4-tert-BP stimulated cell growth and induced estrogen-regulated proteins such as the progesterone receptor (PgR) and pS2. The brominated phenols, however, although binding to the ER, did not stimulate cell growth or increase the levels of the PgR or pS2, or reduce the level of 17 beta-E induced pS2. On the contrary, 4-BP, 2,4-DBP and partly 4-tert-BP reduced 17 beta-E-stimulated cell growth apparently by an ER independent mechanism.

/ALTERNATIVE and IN VITRO TESTS/ /The/ study assessed the potential effects of nineteen polybrominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs), five hydroxylated BDEs (OH-BDEs), one methoxylated BDE (CH(3)O-BDE), tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), its dibromopropane ether derivative (TBBPA-DBPE), and the brominated phenols/anisols 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP), 4-bromophenol (4BP) and 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA) on the catalytic activity of the steroidogenic enzyme aromatase (CYP19) in H295R human adrenocortical carcinoma cells. Effects were studied in the concentration range from 0.5 to 7.5 uM; exposures were for 24 hr. Both 6-OH-BDE47 and 6-OH-BDE99 showed an inhibitory effect on aromatase activity at concentrations >2.5 uM and >5 uM, respectively. However, 6-OH-BDE47 also caused a statistically significant increase in cytotoxicity (based on mitochondrial MTT reduction and lactate dehydrogenase-leakage [LDH]) at concentrations >2.5 uM that could explain in part the apparent inhibitory effect on aromatase activity. Compared to 6-OH-BDE47, the methoxy analog (6-CH(3)O-BDE47) did not elicit a cytotoxic effect, whereas significant inhibition of aromatase remained. TBP caused a concentration-dependent induction of aromatase activity between 0.5 and 7.5 uM (with a maximum of 3.8-fold induction at 7.5 uM). This induction was not observed when a OH- group replaced the CH(3)O- group or when bromine atoms adjacent to this OH- group were absent...

/ALTERNATIVE and IN VITRO TESTS/ /The/ study assessed the potential effects of nineteen polybrominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs), five hydroxylated BDEs (OH-BDEs), one methoxylated BDE (CH(3)O-BDE), tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), its dibromopropane ether derivative (TBBPA-DBPE), and the brominated phenols/anisols 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP), 4-bromophenol (4BP) and 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA) on the catalytic activity of the steroidogenic enzyme aromatase (CYP19) in H295R human adrenocortical carcinoma cells. Effects were studied in the concentration range from 0.5 to 7.5 uM; exposures were for 24 hr. Both 6-OH-BDE47 and 6-OH-BDE99 showed an inhibitory effect on aromatase activity at concentrations >2.5 uM and >5 uM, respectively. However, 6-OH-BDE47 also caused a statistically significant increase in cytotoxicity (based on mitochondrial MTT reduction and lactate dehydrogenase-leakage [LDH]) at concentrations >2.5 uM that could explain in part the apparent inhibitory effect on aromatase activity. Compared to 6-OH-BDE47, the methoxy analog (6-CH(3)O-BDE47) did not elicit a cytotoxic effect, whereas significant inhibition of aromatase remained. TBP caused a concentration-dependent induction of aromatase activity between 0.5 and 7.5 uM (with a maximum of 3.8-fold induction at 7.5 uM). This induction was not observed when a OH- group replaced the CH(3)O- group or when bromine atoms adjacent to this OH- group were absent...

Endeavour prawns from Exmouth Gulf, Shark Bay, and Groote Elylandt, Australia, contained 4-bromophenol at concentrations of 61 to 410, 370, and 370 ug/kg, respectively(1). Ten different species of fish, collected in August 1992 from the eastern coast of Australia, contained 4-bromophenol at concentrations of <0.05 to 0.2 ng/g for the carcass and <0.05 to 100 ng/g for the whole gut (analysis of single fish from each species)(2). Ocean fish were separated by species into pelagic carnivores, benthic carnivores, diverse omnivores and restricted omnivores; concentrations in the flesh ranged from <0.01 to 1.6 ng/g, <0.01 to 46 ng/g, <0.01 to 1.2, and <0.01 to 0.1 ng/g, respectively, while concentrations in the gut ranged from <0.01 to 1.1 ng/g, <0.01 to 2300 ng/g, <0.01 to 56 ng/g, and <0.01 to 0.8 ng/g, respectively(3). Thirty samples of 9 species of prawns, collected from the eastern coast of Australia from 1993 to 1996, contained 4-bromophenol at concentrations of <0.01 to 850 ng/g(4). 4-Bromophenol concentrations in cultivated prawns ranged from <0.01 to 0.56 ng/g in the head and <0.01 to 0.06 ng/g in the tail(4). 4-Bromophenol was detected in marine fish, mollusks, and crustaceans obtained from a seafood shop in Hong Kong. Seasonal concentrations in the flesh of rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) and brown-spotted grouper (Epinepheus areolatus) was 0 ng/g (not detected) for each; in the gut, concentrations ranged from 0 to 206 ng/g and 0 ng/g, respectively. In the mullusks, including clams (Tapes philippinarum) and oysters (Ostrea rivularis), seasonal concentrations ranged from 0 to 55.6 ng/g and 0 ng/g, respectively. For crustaceans, seasonal concentrations in the cephalothorax and tail of the shrimp (Penaeus japonicus) ranged from 0 to 9.47 ng/g and 0 to 5.39 ng/g, respectively; in crab (Charybdis feriatus), concentrations ranged from 0 to 47.9 ng/g(5).

AEROBIC: 4-Bromophenol, present at 100 mg/L, reached 0% of its theoretical BOD in 14 days using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test(1). A 93% ring degradation was reported for 4-bromophenol, present at 100 mg/L, over a 1-day incubation period measured with UV absorption in sludge from aerated soil where glucose and peptone were added in mineral salts(2). A first order rate constant of 4.47X10-4 1/hours was determined for 4-bromophenol in unacclimated activated sludge(3). A first order rate constant of 1.57X10-3 was calculated for 4-bromophenol, present at 50 ppm, in cresol activated sludge at a pH of 7.2 in a 5-day period. This corresponds to a half life of 18.4 days(4). 4-Bromophenol, present at 400 mg/L degraded by <20% in 28 days in activated sludge as measured by DOC analysis, where DOC was present at 1000 COD-mg/L and the concentration of microbial population was 1 g/L(5). 4-Bromophenol, present at 50 ppm, reached 100% UV disappearance in 16 days using a Dunkirk soil inoculum with a microbial population of 4 g soil/L mineral salts media(6). Grab samples, which contained 10+7 to 10+9 organisms per liter were obtained from 5 ponds or rivers within 10 km from Athens, GA. 4-Bromophenol, present at 1 ppm, was found to degrade by 9.6, 9.6, 7.9, 9.9, and 8.2 E-11 liter/organisms per hour(7).

An experimental BCF of 8.0 to 12 was calculated in fish for 4-bromophenol using carp (Cyprinus carpio) which were exposed over a 6-week period(1). According to a classification scheme(2), this BCF suggests the potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is low(SRC).

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