PMID- 17673273
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080117
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0045-6535 (Print)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 69
IP  - 8
DP  - 2007 Oct
TI  - Brominated flame retardants and related chlorinated persistent organic pollutants 
      in fish from river Elbe and its main tributary Vltava.
PG  - 1195-203
AB  - Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are widely used industrial chemicals, residues 
      of which can be nowadays found in all environmental compartments. The widespread 
      presence of BFRs in various environmental compartments and food chain is a 
      consequence of both their broad application area and physico-chemical properties, 
      such as resistance to degradation and high lipophilicity. Alike in the case of 
      other halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs), fish can be used as a 
      bioindicator of aquatic environment pollution. In presented study, conducted in 
      the year 2005, altogether 80 samples representing the most abundant fresh water 
      fish species, viz. chub (Leuciscus cephalus), bream (Abramis brama), and perch 
      (Perca fluviatilis) collected in 11 sampling sites located at Elbe and Vltava 
      (Moldau) rivers were examined for levels of major BFRs. Without any exception, 
      BFRs were detected in all fish samples. BDE 47 was the dominating congener in all 
      fish species. This fact was not surprising, since it used to be the main 
      component in various kinds of technical mixtures. With regard to relatively high 
      levels of BDE 47 in fish tissue, as compared to other BFRs, and considering 
      strong correlation with the total PBDEs content, simplified laboratory 
      examination and, consequently, increased samples throughput can be obtained when 
      only this congener is monitored. The potential of comprehensive two-dimensional 
      gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS), to 
      provide more comprehensive information on the bioaccumulating chemicals occurring 
      in fish samples, has been demonstrated in this study.
FAU - Hajslova, Jana
AU  - Hajslova J
AD  - Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Department of Food Chemistry and 
      Analysis, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic. jana.hajslova@vscht.cz 
      <jana.hajslova@vscht.cz>
FAU - Pulkrabova, Jana
AU  - Pulkrabova J
FAU - Poustka, Jan
AU  - Poustka J
FAU - Cajka, Tomas
AU  - Cajka T
FAU - Randak, Tomas
AU  - Randak T
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070727
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Cyprinidae/*metabolism
MH  - Czech Republic
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Flame Retardants/analysis/*metabolism
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Halogenation
MH  - Perches/*metabolism
MH  - Rivers/*chemistry
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/*metabolism
EDAT- 2007/08/04 09:00
MHDA- 2008/01/18 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/04 09:00
PHST- 2006/09/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/06/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/06/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/08/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/01/18 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(07)00800-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.030 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2007 Oct;69(8):1195-203. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.030. 
      Epub 2007 Jul 27.