Newly discovered methoxylated polybrominated diphenoxybenzenes have been contaminants in the great lakes herring gull eggs for thirty years

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9456-9463

  Chen, Da ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Chu, Shaogang ^a   McCrindle, Robert ^b,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Canada N1G 3M5   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED SUBSTANCES; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHEMICAL TRACERS; CONGENER PATTERN; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POINT CONTAMINATION; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TORONTO; WET WEIGHT;

BROMINE; CARBON; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRITION;

LAKES;

CARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EGG; HOMOGENEITY; LAKE POLLUTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; DIET; HERRING; LAKE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LAKES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 84865728212     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3018978     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Howard, P. H.; Muir, D. C. G. Identifying new persistent and bioaccumulative organics among chemicals in commerce Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 2277-2285
2. Covaci, A.; Harrad, S.; Abdallah, M. A.; Ali, N.; Law, R. J.; Herzke, D.; de Wit, C. A. Novel brominated flame retardants: A review of their analysis, environmental fate and behaviour Environ. Int. 2011, 37, 532-556
3. Hites, R. A. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environment and in people: A meta-analysis of concentrations Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 945-956
4. Söderström, G.; Sellström, U.; de Wit, C. A.; Tyslkind, M. Photolytic debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 127-132
5. Stapleton, H. M.; Brazil, B.; Holbrook, R. D.; Mitchelmore, C. L.; Benedict, R.; Konstantinov, A.; Potter, D. In vivo and in vitro debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) by juvenile rainbow trout and common carp Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40, 4653-4658
6. Van den Steen, E.; Covaci, A.; Jaspers, V. L. B.; Dauwe, T.; Voorspoels, S.; Eens, M.; Pinxten, R. Accumulation, tissue-specific distribution and debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Environ. Pollut. 2006, 148, 1-6
7. Chen, D.; Letcher, R. J.; Gauthier, L. T.; Chu, S.; McCrindle, R.; Potter, D. Novel methoxylated polybrominated dipheoxybenzene congeners and possible sources in herring gull eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, 9523-9530
8. Weil, E. D.; Levchik, S. Current practice and recent commercial developments in flame retardancy of polyamides J. Fire Sci. 2004, 22, 251-264
9. Hardy, M.; Hall, T.; Le Van, S. W. Comment on "Novel methoxylated polybrominated diphenoxybenzene congeners and possible sources in herring gull eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 3587-3588
10. Chen, D.; Letcher, R. J. Reply to Comment on "Novel methoxylated polybrominated diphenoxybenzene congeners and possible sources in herring gull eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 3589-3590
11. Hebert, C. E.; Shutt, J. L.; Hobson, K. A.; Weseloh, D. V. C. Spatial and temporal differences in the diet of Great Lakes herring gulls (Larus argentatus): Evidence from stable isotope analysis Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1999, 56, 323-338
12. Post, D. M. Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: Models, methods, and assumptions Ecology 2002, 83, 703-718
13. Chen, D.; Letcher, R. J.; Burgess, N. M.; Champoux, L.; Elliott, J. E.; Hebert, C. E.; Martin, P.; Wayland, M.; Weseloh, D. V. C.; Wilson, L. Flame retardants in eggs of four gull species (Laridae) from breeding sites spanning Atlantic to Pacific Canada Environ. Pollut. 2012, 168, 1-9
14. Hebert, C. E.; Norstrom, R. J.; Weseloh, D. V. C. A quarter century of environmental surveillance: The Canadian Wildlife Service's Great Lakes Herring Gull Monitoring Program Environ. Rev. 1999, 147-166
15. Hebert, C. E.; Weseloh, D. V. C.; Idrissi, A.; Arts, M. T.; O'Gorman, R.; Gorman, O. T.; Locke, B.; Madenjian, C. P.; Roseman, E. F. Restoring piscivorous fish populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes causes seabird dietary change Ecology 2008, 89, 891-897
16. Newman, M. C. Quantitation Methods in Aquatic Ecotoxicology; Lewis Publishers, Inc.: Bota Raton, 1995; pp 21-40.
17. Gauthier, L. T.; Hebert, C. E.; Weseloh, D. V. C.; Letcher, R. J. Current-use flame retardants in the eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) from the Laurentian Great Lakes Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 4561-4567
18. Gauthier, L. T.; Hebert, C. E.; Weseloh, D. V. C.; Letcher, R. J. Dramatic changes in the temporal trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in herring gull eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes: 1982-2006 Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 1524-1530
19. Gauthier, L. T.; Potter, D.; Hebert, C. E.; Letcher, R. J. Temporal trends and spatial distribution of non-polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the eggs of colonial populations of Great Lakes herring gulls Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 312-317
20. Landsman, S. J.; Nguyen, V. M.; Gutowsky, L. F. G.; Gobin, J.; Cook, K. V.; Binder, T. R.; Lower, N.; McLaughlin, R. L.; Cooke, S. J. Fish movement and migration studies in the Laurentian Great Lakes: Research trends and knowledge gaps J. Great Lakes Res. 2011, 37, 365-379
21. Zhu, L. Y.; Hites, R. A. Temporal trends and spatial distributions of brominated flame retardants in archived fishes from the Great Lakes Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 2779-2884
22. Chen, D.; La Guardia, M. J.; Luellen, D. R.; Harvey, E.; Mainor, T. M.; Hale, R. C. Do temporal and geographical patterns of HBCD and PBDP flame retardants in U.S. fish reflect evolving industrial usage? Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, 8254-8261
23. Hobson, K. A.; Hughes, K. D.; Ewins, P. J. Using stable-isotope analysis to identify endogenous and exogenous sources of nutrients in eggs of migratory birds: Applications to Great Lakes contaminants research The Auk 1997, 114, 467-478
24. Hebert, C. E.; Weseloh, D. V. C.; Gauthier, L. T.; Arts, M. T.; Letcher, R. J. Biochemical tracers reveal intra-specific differences in the food webs utilized by individual seabirds Oecologia 2009, 160, 15-23
25. Kajiwara, N.; Noma, Y.; Takigami, H. Photolysis studies of technical decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) and ethane (DeBDethane) in plastics under natural sunlight Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 4404-4409
26. Shih, Y.-h.; Wang, C.-K. Photolytic degradation of polybromodiphenyl ethers under UV-lamp and solar irradiations J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 165, 34-38
27. Wang, J.; Chen, S.; Nie, X.; Tian, M.; Luo, X.; An, T.; Mai, B. Photolytic degradation of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) Chemosphere 2012, 89, 844-849