Has the phase-out of PBDEs affected their atmospheric levels? Trends of PBDEs and their replacements in the Great Lakes atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11457-11464

  Ma, Yuning ^a   Salamova, Amina ^a   Venier, Marta ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; INTEGRATED ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION NETWORKS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); PRECIPITATION SAMPLES;

LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) TETRABROMO PHTHALATE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; LAKE WATER; PENTABROMOETHYL BENZENE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PBDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES;

EAGLE HARBOR [MICHIGAN]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84886937468     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403029m     Document Type: Article

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