PMID- 23360749
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130621
LR  - 20130222
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 91
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Apr
TI  - Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in liver of Greenland shark 
      (Somniosus microcephalus).
PG  - 222-8
LID - S0045-6535(13)00007-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.059 [doi]
AB  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are known brominated flame retardants that 
      have now been banned or phased out in many parts of the world. As a consequence, 
      interest in the environmental occurrence of non-PBDE flame retardants has 
      increased. In the present study several potential PBDE replacement products 
      together with short chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) were assessed in 
      Greenland sharks accidentally caught in waters around Iceland between 2001 and 
      2003. Non-PBDE flame retardants detected were pentabromoethylbenzene (PBEB), 
      1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE) and 2,3,5,6-tetrabromo-p-xylene 
      (TBX). The concentrations were lower than levels of BDE-47 but similar to other 
      PBDE congeners previously reported in Greenland shark. The median concentrations 
      of SCCPs was 430 ng g(-1) fat, similar to individual PCB congeners previously 
      reported. This is the first report of SCCPs, BTBPE, PBEB and TBX in any shark 
      species globally and confirms the usefulness of the Greenland shark as a 
      screening species for environmental contamination in the Arctic and sub-Arctic 
      environment.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Strid, Anna
AU  - Strid A
AD  - Environmental Chemistry Unit, Department of Materials and Environmental 
      Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. anna.strid@mmk.su.se
FAU - Bruhn, Christoffer
AU  - Bruhn C
FAU - Sverko, Ed
AU  - Sverko E
FAU - Svavarsson, Jorundur
AU  - Svavarsson J
FAU - Tomy, Gregg
AU  - Tomy G
FAU - Bergman, Ake
AU  - Bergman A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130126
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Female
MH  - Flame Retardants/*metabolism
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*metabolism
MH  - Iceland
MH  - Liver/metabolism
MH  - Sharks/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*metabolism
EDAT- 2013/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/25 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/12/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/12/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(13)00007-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.059 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2013 Apr;91(2):222-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.059. Epub 
      2013 Jan 26.