PMID- 19059630
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090318
LR  - 20090203
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 7
DP  - 2009 Feb
TI  - Occurrence of brominated flame retardants other than polybrominated diphenyl 
      ethers in environmental and biota samples from southern China.
PG  - 910-6
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.047 [doi]
AB  - The concentrations of three currently used non-polybrominated diphenyl ether 
      (PBDE) brominated flame retardants (BFRs), 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane 
      (BTBPE), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), and tetrabromobisphenol A bis 
      (2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (TBBPA-DBPE), were examined in environmental and biota 
      samples collected from the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and an electronic waste 
      (e-waste) area in southern China. We also examined deca-BDE (decabromodiphenyl 
      ether) and nine tri- through hepta-BDE congeners for comparison. The results 
      indicate that these non-PBDE BFRs occur widely in the environment of the two 
      study areas. We found a noticeable increase in the levels of TBBPA-DBPE and DBDPE 
      in recent sediments, the concentrations of which even exceed those of BDE209 
      (deca-BDE) in some samples from the PRD. The BFR profiles of the two study areas 
      are distinct. Relatively high proportions of DBDPE and TBBPA-DBPE were found in 
      the PRD environment, whereas the levels of discontinued BFRs (penta-BDEs and 
      BDE183) and BTBPE were higher in the e-waste area. Our results suggest that the 
      industrial activities in the PRD and the recycling of e-waste have introduced 
      distinct types of BFR contamination to the ambient environment and deca-BDE 
      product has been partly replaced by the TBBPA-DBPE and DBDPE in the PRD. 
      Furthermore, BTBPE and DBDPE were detected in bird tissues and BTBPE in the fish 
      tissues collected from the e-waste area. This is the first report of the 
      occurrence of TBBPA-DBPE in environmental samples worldwide. More studies are 
      needed for reaching a better understanding of the behavior, bioaccumulation, and 
      toxicology of these increasingly used BFRs in the environment.
FAU - Shi, Tian
AU  - Shi T
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
FAU - Chen, She-Jun
AU  - Chen SJ
FAU - Luo, Xiao-Jun
AU  - Luo XJ
FAU - Zhang, Xiu-Lan
AU  - Zhang XL
FAU - Tang, Cai-Ming
AU  - Tang CM
FAU - Luo, Yong
AU  - Luo Y
FAU - Ma, Yun-Juan
AU  - Ma YJ
FAU - Wu, Jiang-Ping
AU  - Wu JP
FAU - Peng, Xian-Zhi
AU  - Peng XZ
FAU - Mai, Bi-Xian
AU  - Mai BX
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20081206
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Biodiversity
MH  - Birds
MH  - China
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Fishes
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Geologic Sediments/analysis/chemistry
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Industrial Waste/analysis
EDAT- 2008/12/09 09:00
MHDA- 2009/03/19 09:00
CRDT- 2008/12/09 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/10/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/10/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/12/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/03/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/12/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0045-6535(08)01347-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.047 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2009 Feb;74(7):910-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.047. Epub 
      2008 Dec 6.