PBDEs are human-influenced chemicals utilized massively as flame retardants. They are
environmentally persistent, not easily degraded, bioaccumulate in the biological tissue of …

Halogenated flame retardants have been a serious concern to health and environmental
scientists. This chapter reviews the availability of alternative fire retardants, and describes …

Aquatic products are an important source of environmental pollutants to humans. This study
was conducted to assess the bioaccessibility of selected brominated flame retardants and …

Seventy-four soil samples from the road greenbelts, residential areas, drylands, waste
grasslands, education lands, industrial areas, city parks, and rural homesteads of Shenyang …

A suite of legacy and emerging halogenated organic pollutants (HOPs) were measured in
marine organisms (coastal fish and invertebrates) from the Pearl River Estuary, South China …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are used extensively as brominated flame
retardants, are found ubiquitously in marine environments worldwide. In this paper, we …

The concentration and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the
dissolved phase (DP) and suspended particulate matter (SPM) of seawater and in surface …

Information on the occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in fish from Tunisia is
scarce. In this study, thirty one persistent organic pollutants including organochlorine …

Understanding the faunal community structure in the estuary would be crucial in assessing
the health of the ecosystem. The poor visibility in the estuarine area due to the outflow from …

Muscle tissues of large yellow croakers (Pseudosciaena crocea) and sliver pomfret (Pampus
argenteus) from nine coastal cities of East China including Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao …