| Abstract: | Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were identified in fish collected from the Detroit River, MI and Des Plaines Rivers, IL. In the Detroit River fish, carp and large mouth bass, the congener patterns were dominated by the 2,2‘,4,4‘-tetrabromo (BDE-47) congener; however, in Des Plaines River carp the dominant isomers were the heptabromo congeners BDE-181 and BDE-183 and lesser amounts of another heptabromo congener, BDE-190, and two hexabromo congeners, BDE-154 and BDE-153. Three possible sources exist for these less-commonly identified PBDE congeners: (a) waste discharge from manufacturing or discarded products near the river, (b) public owned treatment work (POTW) effluents which constitute more than 75% of the flow in the
Des Plaines River, (c) or formation of these congeners by debromination of in-place deposits of decabromodiphenyl ether. Average concentration totals (sum of concentrations for seven of the dominant PBDE congeners) were similar on a wet weight bases for the carp (5.39 ng/g wet weight) and large mouth bass (5.25 ng/g) in the Detroit River samples; however, the bass were significantly higher, I?=0.01, when compared on a lipid basis (bass-163 ng/g vs. carp-40.5 ng/g lipid weight). Some of the PBDE congeners were positively correlated with increasing lipid levels in both fish species. Average total PBDE concentrations in the carp from the Des Plaines River (12.48 ng/g wet weight) were significantly higher, I?=0.01, than in carp from the Detroit River. The residues were isolated using standard organochlorine methods for fish and analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry-negative chemical ionization methods. |
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| Citation Author: | Rice, C. P.; Chernyak, S. M.; Begnoche, L.; Quintal, R.; Hickey, J. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Comparisons of PBDE composition and concentration in fish collected from the Detroit River, MI and Des Plaines River, IL; 2002; Article; Journal; Chemosphere; Rice, C. P.; Chernyak, S. M.; Begnoche, L.; Quintal, R.; Hickey, J. |
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| Text: | Comparisons of PBDE composition and concentration in fish collected from the Detroit River, MI and Des Plaines River, IL; 2002; Article; Journal; Chemosphere; Rice, C. P.; Chernyak, S. M.; Begnoche, L.; Quintal, R.; Hickey, J. |
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| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00 -0600 |
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