title: Dechlorane plus and possible degradation products in white stork eggs from Spain.
abstract: The occurrence of the emerging chlorinated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus (DP) and three of its possible degradation products was investigated in white stork eggs from two colonies in Spain. The average DP concentrations were 401 pg/g wet weight (w.w.) for the urban/industrial colony and 105 pg/g w.w. for the rural colony. One possible degradation product, anti-[DP-1Cl], was found in approximately 10% of the samples. No significant stereoisomer enrichments were detected in any colony based on the average anti-DP fractional abundances found which agrees with previous studies in herring gulls. The relationship between DP and PBDE contents in both colonies was explored leading to different scenarios, i.e. no correlation was found in the urban colony but they were statistically correlated in the rural colony. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report DP in a species from a terrestrial food web, and also to report a DP degradation product in biota.
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, CSIC. Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Arnanz
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sáez
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hiraldo
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baos
authors.forename: Grazina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pacepavicius
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaee
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000378:metabolism*; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000378:metabolism; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000378:metabolism*; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005411:Flame Retardants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C526360:dechlorane plus