PMID- 26312743
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160624
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 206
DP  - 2015 Nov
TI  - Hexabromocyclododecane flame retardant in Antarctica: Research stations as 
      sources.
PG  - 611-8
LID - S0269-7491(15)30019-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.024 [doi]
AB  - Historical persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are banned from Antarctica under 
      international treaty; but contemporary-use POPs can enter as additives within 
      polymer and textile products. Over their useful lives these products may release 
      additives in-situ. Indeed, we observed 226 and 109 ng/g dry weight (dw) of the 
      total concentrations of alpha-, beta- and gamma-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in indoor dust 
      from McMurdo Station (U.S.) and Scott Station (New Zealand), respectively. Sewage 
      sludge collected from wastewater treatment facilities at these stations exhibited 
       summation operatorHBCD of 45 and 69 ng/g dw, respectively. Contaminants originally within the 
      bases may exit to the local outdoor environment via wastewaters. Near McMurdo, 
      maximum  summation operatorHBCD levels in surficial marine sediments and aquatic biota 
      (invertebrates and fish) were 2350 ng/g (total organic carbon basis) and 554 ng/g 
      lipid weight, respectively. Levels declined with distance from McMurdo. Our 
      results illustrate that Antarctic research stations serve as local HBCD sources 
      to the pristine Antarctic environment.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Chen, Da
AU  - Chen D
AD  - Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and Department of Zoology, Southern 
      Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. Electronic address: 
      dachen@siu.edu.
FAU - Hale, Robert C
AU  - Hale RC
AD  - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester 
      Point, VA 23062, USA.
FAU - La Guardia, Mark J
AU  - La Guardia MJ
AD  - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester 
      Point, VA 23062, USA.
FAU - Luellen, Drew
AU  - Luellen D
AD  - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester 
      Point, VA 23062, USA.
FAU - Kim, Stacy
AU  - Kim S
AD  - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA.
FAU - Geisz, Heidi N
AU  - Geisz HN
AD  - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester 
      Point, VA 23062, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20150825
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Dust)
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
RN  - 0 (Waste Water)
RN  - 5I9835JO3M (hexabromocyclododecane)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Aquatic Organisms/chemistry
MH  - Dust/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Flame Retardants/*analysis
MH  - Geologic Sediments/chemistry
MH  - Hazardous Substances/*analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*analysis
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - Research
MH  - Sewage/analysis
MH  - United States
MH  - Wastewater/chemistry
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Antarctica
OT  - Flame retardant
OT  - Hexabromocyclododecane
OT  - Research station
EDAT- 2015/08/28 06:00
MHDA- 2016/06/25 06:00
CRDT- 2015/08/28 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/08/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/08/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/08/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/08/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/06/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(15)30019-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.024 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2015 Nov;206:611-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.024. Epub 2015 
      Aug 25.