PMID- 16753200
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061120
LR  - 20060731
IS  - 0048-9697 (Print)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 367
IP  - 2-3
DP  - 2006 Aug 31
TI  - Levels of brominated flame retardants in Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) 
      eggs from the Faroe Islands.
PG  - 840-6
AB  - Eggs from Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) were sampled in the Faroe 
      Islands. The content of the brominated flame retardants tri- to decabromodiphenyl 
      ethers (BDEs) and 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE) were determined in 
      nine samples in concentrations ranging from non-detectable to 7 ng g-1(l.w.). The 
      BDE levels were similar as in an earlier study of BDE levels in the fulmar eggs 
      from the Faroe Islands but 10-1000 times lower compared to studies of eggs from 
      seabirds and birds of prey from Europe. The two hexaBDEs #153 and #154 were the 
      most abundant congeners, which represented around 50% of the total mean BDE 
      concentration. The levels of BDE #209 were below the limit of detection (1.24 ng 
      g-1 l.w.) except for one sample, which showed a concentration of 7.18 ng g-1 l.w. 
      BTBPE was detected in eight samples and the mean level was 0.11 ng g-1 l.w. This 
      concentration was 150 times lower than the average total BDE concentration 
      (including BDEs #28, #47, #100, #99, #154, #153, #183, #209). BTBPE has only been 
      detected once before in biota. Also other bromo-containing compounds were 
      detected in the fulmar eggs. One group identified was the polybrominated 
      biphenyls (PBBs), but because of the absence of reference standards in the lab, 
      these could not be quantified.
FAU - Karlsson, M
AU  - Karlsson M
AD  - MTM-research centre, Orebro University, 701 82 Orebro, Sweden. 
      marie.karlsson@nat.oru.se
FAU - Ericson, I
AU  - Ericson I
FAU - van Bavel, B
AU  - van Bavel B
FAU - Jensen, J-K
AU  - Jensen JK
FAU - Dam, M
AU  - Dam M
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20060605
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Carbon Isotopes)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Atlantic Islands
MH  - *Birds
MH  - Carbon Isotopes/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*analysis
MH  - Ovum/*chemistry
EDAT- 2006/06/07 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/09 09:00
CRDT- 2006/06/07 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/02/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/02/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/06/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/06/07 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(06)00194-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.050 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2006 Aug 31;367(2-3):840-6. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.050. Epub 2006 Jun 5.