Large and growing environmental reservoirs of Deca-BDE present an emerging health risk for fish and marine mammals

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Ross, Peter S ^a   Couillard, Catherine M ^b   Ikonomou, Michael G ^a   Johannessen, Sophia C ^a   Lebeuf, Michel ^b   Macdonald, Robie W ^a   Tomy, Gregg T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic food webs; Deca; Environmental contaminants; Fish; Flame retardants; Marine mammals; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FOOD WEBS; DECA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; MARINE MAMMALS; PBDES;

ECOLOGY; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE;

MAMMALS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEALTH RISK; MARINE MAMMAL; PBDE; PCB; SEWAGE DISPOSAL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CANADA; FISH; FOOD WEB; HEALTH HAZARD; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESERVOIR; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CANADA; FISHES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149177352     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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