Brominated Flame Retardants

Determination of organohalogenated contaminants in liver of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded on the Belgian North Sea coast

“…In contrast with CB values, there were no extremely high values for PBDEs and the range was relatively small (one order of magnitude). As found in other studies (Law and Allchin, 2001;Zegers et al, 2001), the principal contributor was BDE 47 with a mean concentration of 1:1 AE 0:9 lg/g lipid. Other important PBDE congeners routinely detected in marine biota were BDE 99, 100, 154 and 153.…”