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TI Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the European environment
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AF LAW, Robin J.
   ALLCHIN, Colin R
   DE BOER, Jacob
   COVACI, Adrian
   HERZKE, Dorte
   LEPOM, Peter
   MORRIS, Steven
   TRONCZYNSKI, Jacek
   DE WIT, Cynthia A
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C1 Ctr Environm Fisheries & Aquaculture Sci, CEFAS Burnham Lab, Burnham On Crouch CM0 8HA, Essex, England.
   Netherlands Inst Fishery Res, NL-1970 AB Ijmuiden, Netherlands.
   Univ Antwerp, Toxicol Ctr, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
   Polar Environm Ctr, Norwegian Inst Air Res, N-9296 Tromso, Norway.
   Umweltbundesant, D-14191 Berlin, Germany.
   IFREMER, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
   Stockholm Univ, Dept Appl Environm Sci, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
C2 CEFAS, UK
   RIVO, NETHERLANDS
   UNIV ANTWERP, BELGIUM
   POLAR ENVIRONM CTR, NORWAY
   UMWELTBUNDESANT, GERMANY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-BE-LBCO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-europe
IF 2.442
TC 649
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1685.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Biota;Sewage sludge;Soil;Sediment;Atmosphere;Europe;Tetrabromobisphenol A;Hexabromocyclododecane;Polybrominated diphenyl ethers;Brominated flame retardants
AB In this paper, we review those data which have recently become available for brominated flame retardants (particularly the brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)) in samples from the European environment. Environmental compartments studied comprise the atmosphere, sediments and soils. sewage sludges. and a variety of biological samples and food chains. This is currently a very active research area, and we cite over 70 studies reported in the literature during 2003-04. Findings include that the input of BDEs (especially BDE209) to the Baltic Sea by atmospheric deposition now exceeds that of PCBs by a factor of almost 40 times. Sewage sludge samples from both industrial and background locations show concentrations of BDEs. HBCD and tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBP-A) that are of a similar order. indicating that the major source is from diffuse leaching from products into wastewater streams from users, households and industries generally. Point-sources from industries using BFRs (e.g. the textile industry) also generate local hot-spots. Sediment core studies identified the presence of two of the three PBDE formulations. The penta-mix formulation was clearly present from the beginning of the 1970s, but the deca-mix only appeared in the late 1970s. BDE183. BDE209 and HBCD were detected in peregrine falcons front Sweden and other birds feeding on terrestrial food chains. BDEs are found widely distributed in fish, including those from high mountain lakes in Europe, as a consequence of long-range atmospheric transport and deposition. A temporal trend study in archived freeze-dried mussels from the Seine estuary. France, indicated an exponential increase in BDE concentrations during the period 1982-1993, which levelled off in 1999 and 2001 and then began to decline after 2002. HBCD was detected in liver and blubber samples from harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the Wadden and North Seas. though very few animals yielded positive values for TBBP-A. There are difficulties in comparing data on Sigma BDE from studies in which different suites of BIDE congeners have been determined, and we suggest a common suite which will allow the study of all three commercial PBDE formulations. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY 2006
PD JUL
SO Chemosphere
SN 0045-6535
PU Elsevier
VL 64
IS 2
UT 000238933400003
BP 187
EP 208
DI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.007
ID 1685
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