PMID- 15884332
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050824
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 8
DP  - 2005 Apr 15
TI  - Time trends of atmospheric PBDEs inferred from archived U.K. herbage.
PG  - 2436-41
AB  - Aerial portions of vegetation receive the bulk of their burden of persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) from the atmosphere. Vegetation can therefore be a 
      useful indicator of the changing atmospheric burden of POPs. Samples of archived 
      pasture, collected from Rothamsted Experimental Station in the United Kingdom 
      between 1930 and 2004, were analyzed for a range of polybrominated diphenyl 
      ethers (PBDEs). PBDEs could not be routinely detected in the pre-1970 samples. 
      Thereafter, the dominant congeners BDE 28, 47, 49, 99, 100, 153, 154, and 183 
      were frequently detected. The general trend was (a) a rise through the 1970s; (b) 
      a minipeak in the mid-1980s, strongly influenced by one particularly high sample 
      for 1984; (c) values remaining high through the late 1980s/1990s; (d) an 
      indication of a more recent decline for all congeners (except BDE-28), consistent 
      with recent restrictions on PBDE usage in Europe. These trends were compared to 
      recent modeled estimates of U.K. PBDE emissions. The congener profiles of 
      technical mixtures, U.K. air, soil, and pasture were compared and shown to be 
      broadly similar. The implications for environmental release mechanisms are 
      discussed.
FAU - Hassanin, Ashraf
AU  - Hassanin A
AD  - Environmental Science Department, Institute of Environmental and Natural 
      Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom.
FAU - Johnston, A E
AU  - Johnston AE
FAU - Thomas, Gareth O
AU  - Thomas GO
FAU - Jones, Kevin C
AU  - Jones KC
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Phenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Polybrominated Biphenyls)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Atmosphere
MH  - Ecosystem
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers
MH  - Phenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Polybrominated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - United Kingdom
EDAT- 2005/05/12 09:00
MHDA- 2005/08/25 09:00
CRDT- 2005/05/12 09:00
PHST- 2005/05/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/08/25 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/05/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/es0486162 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Apr 15;39(8):2436-41. doi: 10.1021/es0486162.