title: Levels and body distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in freshwater fishes from the Yangtze River, China.
abstract: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) were determined in muscle, liver and eggs of freshwater fishes from the lower reach of the Yangtze River, China. The present study is the first to report HBCD concentrations in the environment of China. The concentrations of PBDEs and HBCDs in muscle of freshwater fishes from the Yangtze River ranged from 18 to 1100ng/g and 12 to 330ng/g lipid weight (wt.), respectively. When compared with other regions of the world, the contamination of PBDEs in biota could be regarded as moderate, whereas contamination of HBCDs in biota was relatively high. The PBDE congener profiles in fishes of the present study were markedly different from those observed in freshwater and marine fishes from other regions of the world. In the present study, BDE-15, BDE-28 and BDE-47 were the predominant congeners in the fishes. This particular congener profile in fishes from the Yangtze River revealed that a specific commercial PBDE formulation (probably made in China) might have been used in the Yangtze River Delta region.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Qiming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: Karri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramu
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Agus
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudaryanto
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zishen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005399:Fishes; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D045483:Rivers; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D008055:Lipids; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; C089796:hexabromocyclododecane