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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 381-388Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.013
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Brominated flame retardants; Passerine birds; Geographical pattern; Potential source
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-EW-QN 105]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB4216604]
- National Science Foundation of China [21077105, 20890112, 40821003, 41173109]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation
- GIGCAS [IS-1425]
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and pentabromotoluene (PBT) were investigated in light-vented bulbul (LVB), long-tailed shrike (LTS) and oriental magpie-robin (OMR) collected from seven sampling sites in South China. Sigma PBDEs, DBDPE, PBB 153, and PBT levels ranged from 35 to 15 000, no detected (nd)-130, nd-6800, and nd-6.8 ng/g lipid weight, respectively. Positive correlations were found between delta N-15 values and brominated flame retardant (BFR) concentrations. The BFR geographic pattern indicated that PBDEs were linked to e-waste recycling and local industry activities as well as urbanization; PBB 153 was derived from e-waste; DBDPE was mainly come from local industry activities; and no specific source was observed for PBT. PBDE congener profiles were found to be depended on bird species and sampling sites with relatively high abundances of lower brominated congeners in e-waste site and significantly higher abundance of BDE153 in LTS and OMR than in LVB. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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