Abstract
The flame retardant TCPP (Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate) is frequently found in effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Up to now it wasn't clear, how TCPP gets into municipal treatment plants, which are without industrial influents. The results of this work show, that contaminations, washed out from textiles can be an important source for positive findings in municipal waste water. In wash water from cotton clothes (8 × 8 cm), which were exposed in rooms and cars, up to 1400 ng TCPP (one week, car) were found. Negative findings or amounts close to the determination limit (10 ng) were rarely. Emissions from materials containing TCPP (assembly foams, pads, heat-insulating materials), which are frequently present in interior of houses, work-places and partly vehicles may well be a source for the contaminations of textiles. A rough estimate suggest, that the TCPP quantities from the washing procedures of diverse textiles, which reached the municipal waste water, constitute an important part of the total loads.
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