title: Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in blood from children (age 9-12) in Taizhou, China.
abstract: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants have attracted much attention in recent years. Exposure to PBDEs could induce a high health risk for children. The aim of this study was to investigate the PBDEs exposure of children (9-12 years) from Taizhou, China. Fifty-eight blood samples were collected in one school in a mountainous area in Taizhou. The concentrations of sigma9PBDEs (sum of BDE-28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, -183, -197 and -209) ranged from 2.66 to 33.9 ng/g lipid wet (lw) with a median of 7.22 ng/g lw. These concentrations were lower than those of children in USA, but close to European and Asian general population levels. The results showed that children in Taizhou countryside were at a low level of PBDEs exposure. The predominant congener was BDE-209, followed by BDE-28, -47, -197 and -153. High abundance of BDE-209 was consistent with the pollution background of PBDEs in China characterized by high brominated congeners as main pollutants.
authors: Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China. xiaoyou860331@163.com
authors: Xiaoyou
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Xianli
authors: X
authors: Ruan
authors: Minchan
authors: M
authors: Yan
authors: Yaxian
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Wuji
authors: W
authors: Wei
authors: Zhanfen
authors: Z
authors: Qin
authors: Yongjian
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: Haiming
authors: H
authors: Xu
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers