title: A review of the analysis of novel brominated flame retardants.
abstract: This review provides a summary of various analytical methodologies applied to the determination of "novel" brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in various environmental compartments, as reported in peer reviewed literature, either in print or online, until the end of 2010. NBFRs are defined here as those brominated flame retardants (BFRs) which are either new to the market or newly/recently observed in the environment. The preparation and extraction of sediment, water, sewage sludge, soil, air and marine biota samples, the extract clean-up/fractionation and subsequent instrumental analysis of NBFRs are described and critically examined. Generally, while the instrumental analysis step mainly relies on mass-spectrometric detection specifically developed for NBFRs, and hyphenated to liquid or gas chromatography, preceding steps tend to replicate methodologies applied to the determination of traditional BFRs such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). Shortcomings and gaps are discussed and recommendations for future development are given.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papachlimitzou
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Losada
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bersuder
authors.forename: Robin J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000032:analysis*; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005411:Flame Retardants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; C089796:hexabromocyclododecane