Department of Biology (EWM, MJM, and MEH), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2010 Aug;60(8):1160-9. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.002.
Various brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and current-use, non-PBDE BFRs, as well as organochlorine (OC) pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were measured in winter flounder, harp and hooded seals, and North Atlantic right whales from the Eastern United States and Canada. The concentrations of PBDEs in winter flounder and right whales were similar in magnitude to the levels of PCBs, which was unlike the pattern observed in seals. In these marine mammals, the levels of PBDEs were orders of magnitude lower than the levels of OCs and PCBs detected. Evidence existed for the accumulation of methoxylated (MeO)-PBDEs of natural origin in seals and right whales. Current-use, non-PBDE BFRs (including hexabromocyclododecane, pentabromoethylbenzene, hexabromobenzene, and pentabromotoluene) were detected in winter flounder and marine mammals. Future research should focus on monitoring PBDEs, current-use, non-PBDE BFRs, and MeO-BDEs of natural origin in marine organisms from Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays.
研究人员在美国东部和加拿大的冬鲽鱼、格陵兰睡鲨和大西洋露脊鲸体内检测到了多种溴化阻燃剂（BFRs），包括多溴联苯醚（PBDEs）和当前使用的非 PBDE BFRs，以及有机氯（OC）农药和多氯联苯（PCBs）。冬鲽鱼和北露脊鲸体内的 PBDE 浓度与 PCB 水平相当，与海豹体内的情况不同。在这些海洋哺乳动物中，PBDE 的浓度要低几个数量级，远低于检测到的 OCs 和 PCBs。海豹和北露脊鲸体内积累了天然来源的甲氧基（MeO）-PBDEs，这一点得到了证实。六溴环十二烷、五溴乙基苯、六溴苯和五溴甲苯等当前使用的非 PBDE BFRs（BFRs）也在冬鲽鱼和海洋哺乳动物体内被检测到。未来的研究应重点监测马萨诸塞州和科德角湾海洋生物体内的 PBDEs、当前使用的非 PBDE BFRs 和天然来源的 MeO-BDEs。
