Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 1612-1617
Dietary Uptake and Biological Effects of Decabromodiphenyl Ether in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) AMELIE KIERKEGAARD,* LENNART BALK, U L L A T J A¨ R N L U N D , CYNTHIA A. DE WIT, AND BO JANSSON Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Dietary uptake and effects of decabromodiphenyl ether (DeBDE), a widely used flame retardant, were studied in rainbow trout. Fish were fed for 16, 49, or 120 days with control or DeBDE-treated food (7.5-10 mg of DeBDE/kg of body weight/day). One group was fed DeBDE for 49 days and then control diet for 71 days to study depuration. Chemical analyses were performed using GC/MS(ECNI). Several physiological and biochemical variables were also measured. DeBDE concentrations in muscle increased from
