Decabromodiphenylether trends in the European environment: bird eggs, sewage sludge and surficial sediments

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Leslie, Heather A., Brandsma, Sicco H., Barber, Jonathan L., Gabrielsen, Geir W., Bersuder, Philippe, Barry, Jon, Shore, Richard F., Walker, Lee A., de Boer, Jacob
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Ecology and Environment; Norway; Bear Island; Mersey; Liverpool Bay; Glaucous Gull
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529684/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529684/1/N529684JA.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145174

Concern on relatively high levels and the potential bioaccumulation of decabromodiphenylether (BDE209) has led to a European 8-year monitoring program on trends in BDE209 concentrations in birds, sewage sludge and sediments from seven countries. BDE209 was analysed in four environmental matrices: sp...