Brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated chemicals, two groups of persistent contaminants in Belgian human blood and milk

On-site and off-site atmospheric PBDEs in an electronic dismantling workshop in south China: Gas-particle partitioning and human exposure assessment

“…The toxicological endpoints of concern for environmental levels of PBDEs are likely to be thyroid hormone disruption, neuro-developmental deficit, and cancer (Burreau et al, 1997;McDonald, 2002). PBDE pollution has been confirmed from recent studies that have observed PBDEs in a variety of environmental matrices, including water (Xu et al, 2009), soil Yang et al, 2008), sediment (Leung et al, 2006;Wong et al, 2007), air Li et al, 2008), fish ,and human blood Qu et al, 2007;Roosens et al, 2010).…”

Determination of hexabromocyclododecanes in sediments from the Haihe River in China by an optimized HPLC–MS–MS method

“…Moreover, animal studies have shown that HBCDs can cause a decline in the serum thyroid-stimulating hormone level (Y-Okabe et al, 2005) and neonatal exposure of rats to HBCDs can lead to developmental behavioral defects (Eriksson et al, 2002). Many publications have demonstrated that HBCDs could be found in breast milk (Roosens et al, 2010;Schecter et al, 2008), and the direct intake of HBCDs by infants or young children through breastfeeding may also represent a health risk. Owing to the hazardous effects of HBCDs on human and the environment, HBCDs, as a new type of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), were added to the Stockholm Convention in (POPRC4, 2016.…”

Influence of Gas Chromatographic Parameters on Determination of Decabromodiphenyl Ether

“…For example, in order to decrease the degradation of BDE209 at elevated temperature, the use of shorter columns (15 m or less) with a film thickness of 0.10 lm has been recommended [9,17]. Consequently, analysis of BDE209 has been conducted using short column, e.g., either DB-5 or DB-5HT column (15 m 9 0.25 mm id, 0.10 lm d f ) [18,19]. However, still the use of long and short columns with a film thickness of 0.25 lm for analysis of BDE209 appears in literature.…”