Persistent Organic Pollutants in gull eggs of two species (Larus michahellis and Larus audouinii) from the Ebro delta Natural Park

Habitat- and species-dependent accumulation of organohalogen pollutants in home-produced eggs from an electronic waste recycling site in South China: Levels, profiles, and human dietary exposure

“…The GC-NCI-MS chromatogram of SCCPs in eggs of the present study was similar to that of a standard solution (Fig. S3), and this profile of SCCPs were also found in gull eggs from the Ebro delta Natural Park (Morales et al, 2012). Since no SCCP profile data are available on the poultry eggs, no comparison could be drawn in the current study.…”

Recent developments in capabilities for analysing chlorinated paraffins in environmental matrices: A review

“…A few studies (Gillett et al, 2010;Stevenson et al, 2011;Morales et al, 2012;Parera et al, 2013) have applied an alternative approach by Castells et al (2004). With this method, [Cl 2 ] À and [HCl 2 ] À are monitored and the total CP amount is determined.…”

“…For lipid removal, additional steps prior to cleanup are used, such as sulphuric acid silica gel , or sulphuric acid treatment (Bendig et al, 2013). Just like sediment extractions, cleanup steps such as lipid removal can be combined with PLE, by for instance adding sulphuric acid silica (Morales et al, 2012) during extraction, thereby reducing time and solvent consumption. Reported MDLs for SCCPs were in a similar range as those of sediments and soils, ranging from 0.48 ng g À1 (Morales et al, 2012) to 100 ng g À1 (Zeng et al, 2011b).…”

“…Just like sediment extractions, cleanup steps such as lipid removal can be combined with PLE, by for instance adding sulphuric acid silica (Morales et al, 2012) during extraction, thereby reducing time and solvent consumption. Reported MDLs for SCCPs were in a similar range as those of sediments and soils, ranging from 0.48 ng g À1 (Morales et al, 2012) to 100 ng g À1 (Zeng et al, 2011b). Reported MDLs for MCCPs were 11.2-60.6 ng g À1 lipid weight (Hilger et al, 2011a).…”

Temporal trends in classical and alternative flame retardants in bird eggs from Doñana Natural Space and surrounding areas (south-western Spain) between 1999 and 2013

“…Even though there is still a lack of information regarding their behaviour in the environment, restrictions over other FRs might cause a raise of their production and use, thus their environmental impact is expected to expand. All these compounds alter bird behaviour, malformations in chicks and reduce egg shell thickness (Morales et al, 2012). Furthermore, they reduce reproductive viability and thus having a critical effect on bird populations (Helander et al, 2002).…”