Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 9077–9083
Current-Use Brominated Flame Retardants in Water, Sediment, and Fish from English Lakes S T U A R T H A R R A D , * ,† M O H A M E D A B O U - E L W A F A A B D A L L A H , †,‡ NEIL L. ROSE,§ SIMON D. TURNER,§ AND THOMAS A. DAVIDSON§ Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management, School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K., Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, 71526 Assiut, Egypt, and Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, WC1E 6BT, U.K.
Received July 21, 2009. Revised manuscript received September 25, 2009. Accepted November 4, 2009.
Concentrations are reported of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) and tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBP-A) in water (n ) 27), sediment (n ) 9), and fish samples (n ) 30) from nine English lakes. Seasonal variation in concentrations in water is minimal. Concentrations of TBBP-A range from 140 to 3200 pg L-1 (water), 330 to 3800 pg g-1 dry weight (sediment), and
