Evidence for photochemical and microbial debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in San Francisco Bay sediment

Chemosphere

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-43

  Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Meng, Qingyu ^b   Yee, Don ^c   Greenfield, Ben K ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Debromination; Factor analysis; Flame retardant; Monitoring; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIZATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; MONITORING; PHOTOLYSIS;

BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CALIFORNIA; DEBROMINATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PHOTOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; STORM WATER;

BAY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGRADATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PHOTOLYSIS; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BAY; DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION; MASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DEBROMINATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLAME RETARDANT; MONITORING; PHOTOLYSIS;

BAYS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896546283     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.083     Document Type: Article

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