A global review of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant contamination in birds

D Chen, RC Hale - Environment international, 2010 - Elsevier
As a consequence of substantial, long-term usage, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
have contaminated humans, wildlife, and abiotic matrices around the world. Although …

Species-specific accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in birds of prey from the Chesapeake Bay region, USA

D Chen, RC Hale, BD Watts, MJ La Guardia… - Environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Compared to organochlorines, little is known about polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)
contamination of birds of prey breeding in the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the …

Application of mass spectrometry in the analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers

D Wang, QX Li - Mass spectrometry reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarized the applications of mass spectrometric techniques for the analysis
of the important flame retardants polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) to understand the …

Accumulation of background levels of persistent organochlorine and organobromine pollutants through the soil–earthworm–hedgehog food chain

F Vermeulen, A Covaci, H d'Havé… - Environment …, 2010 - Elsevier
The bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and DDT and metabolites, was …

Levels and patterns of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in children's plasma from Dalian, China

J Chen, H Zhao, Q Xie, Z Yin, L Ge - Environment international, 2010 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are potential persistent organic pollutants which
have raised many concerns in recent years. Research focusing on children exposure to …

Zinc dust-mediated reductive degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether

GB Liu, HY Zhao, B Yang… - Green Chemistry Letters …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
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8 Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology

PN Smith, M Afzal, R Al-Hasan… - Wildlife Toxicology …, 2010 - books.google.com
The broad aim of this chapter was to assimilate and document global perspectives on
emerging threats to wildlife populations. Unfortunately, sufficient funding, employer …

The effects of a dietary or «in ovo» exposure to the pentabrominated diphenyl ether mixture, DE-71, on retinol and thyroid hormones in captive American kestrels (« …

K Sullivan - 2010 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that
comprise one class of brominated flame retardants commonly found in office and household …