Declines in polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination of San Francisco Bay following production phase-outs and bans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 777-784

  Sutton, Rebecca ^a   Sedlak, Margaret D ^a   Yee, Donald ^a   Davis, Jay A ^a   Crane, David ^b   Grace, Richard ^c   Arsem, Nirmela ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

^d EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS; STANDARDS;

FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRODUCTION PHASE; RAPID REDUCTION; REDUCED PRODUCTION; SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; WATER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BAY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PBDE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIVALVE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BAY; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BIVALVIA;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIRDS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921794678     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503727b     Document Type: Article

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