Cell damage induced by polybrominated diphenyl ethers on Chironomus sancticaroli (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Canadian Environment

Simultaneous Determinations of Methoxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Dairy Products from China by GC-MS

In this paper, the method of simultaneous determinations of methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in dairy products from China was investigated. PBDEs are widely used brominated flame retardant, which are increasingly reported in the environment. MeO-PBDEs are structural analogs to PBDEs, and reported as natural products and novel pollutants present in t...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in UK human milk

24 Fourteen tri-deca polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated in 35 human 25 milk samples from Birmingham, UK. While none of the hepta-nona BDEs (the main 26 components of the OctaBDE technical mixture) were above the limit of quantitation (LOQ); 27 BDE-47 (average concentration = 3.3 ng g lipid weight (lw)) was quantified in all samples 28 contributing 34-74% to Σtri-hexa BDEs ...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polybrominated biphenyls in Australian sewage sludge.

This paper presents a brief review of the international scientific literature of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in sewage sludge and a survey of these compounds in sewage sludge from 16 Australian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The SigmaPBDE mean concentration in the Australian study was 1137microgkg(-1) dry weight (d.w.) (s.d. 1116) and ranged ...

Aerobic biotransformation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by bacterial isolates.

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame retardants that have been used in consumer products and furniture for three decades. Currently, very little is known about their fate in the environment and specifically about their susceptibility to aerobic biotransformation. Here, we investigated the ability of the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrading bacteria Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 and Bu...