PMID- 27807635
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170606
LR  - 20231117
IS  - 0179-5953 (Print)
IS  - 0179-5953 (Linking)
VI  - 242
DP  - 2017
TI  - A Review on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers 
      (PBDEs) in South Asia with a Focus on Malaysia.
PG  - 153-181
LID - 10.1007/398_2016_14 [doi]
AB  - Malaysia is a developing country in Southeast Asia, with rapid industrial and 
      economic growth. Speedy population growth and aggressive consumerism in the past 
      five decades have resulted in environmental pollution issues, including products 
      containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers 
      (PBDEs). PCBs and PBDEs are classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by 
      the Stockholm Convention due to their persistence, bioaccumulation in the 
      environment and toxicity to humans and wildlife. These compounds are known to 
      cause liver dysfunction, thyroid toxicity, developmental neuro-toxicity and 
      possibly cancer. PCBs in air, mussels, pellets, seawater, fresh water, and human 
      breast milk samples were analyzed in Malaysia, while studies on the pollution 
      level of PBDEs in Malaysia were conducted on mussels, soils, leachate and 
      sediment samples. PCBs in breast milk collected from Malaysia was the highest 
      among Asian developing countries, with mean concentration of 80 ng/g lipid 
      weight. On the other hand, the mean concentration of PCBs in mussels collected 
      from Malaysia recorded the second lowest, with 56 ng/g and 89 ng/g lipid weight 
      in two studies respectively. The concentrations of PBDEs in mussels taken from 
      Malaysia fall in the range of 0.84-16 ng/g lipid weight, which is considerably 
      low compared to 104.5 ng/g lipid weight in Philippines and 90.59 ng/g in Korea. 
      Nevertheless, there are limited studies on these compounds in Malaysia, 
      particularly there is no research on PBDEs in breast milk and sediment samples. 
      This review will summarize the contamination levels of PCBs and PBDEs in 
      different samples collected from Asian countries since 1988 until 2010 with a 
      focus on Malaysia and will provide needed information for further research in 
      this field.
FAU - Kaw, Han Yeong
AU  - Kaw HY
AD  - Key Laboratory of Nature Resources of Changhai Mountain and Functional Molecular 
      (Yanbian University) Ministry of Education, Jilin, China.
FAU - Kannan, Narayanan
AU  - Kannan N
AD  - Institute for Graduate Studies, Taylor's University (Lakeside Campus), No. 1, 
      Jalan Taylor's, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. 
      drnkannan@yahoo.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Rev Environ Contam Toxicol
JT  - Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology
JID - 8703602
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/*toxicity
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis/*toxicity
MH  - Humans
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis/*toxicity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bioaccumulation
OT  - Consumerism
OT  - Contaminants
OT  - Developing country
OT  - Dumpsite
OT  - Economic growth
OT  - Ecotoxicology
OT  - Environmental
OT  - Human breast milk
OT  - Human health
OT  - Landfill leachates
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - Mussel
OT  - Mussel watch
OT  - Pellet watch
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
OT  - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
OT  - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
OT  - Review
OT  - River water
OT  - Sediment
OT  - South Asia
OT  - Status
OT  - Survey
OT  - Trend
EDAT- 2016/11/04 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/07 06:00
CRDT- 2016/11/04 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/07 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/11/04 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/398_2016_14 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 2017;242:153-181. doi: 10.1007/398_2016_14.