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Brominated flame retardants and organochlorine contaminants in winter flounder, harp and hooded seals, and North Atlantic right whales from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean |
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| Authors: | Eric W Montie Robert J Letcher Michael J Moore Mark E Hahn |
| Institution: | a Department of Biology (EWM, MJM, and MEH), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States b Wildlife and Landscape Science Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 c Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry (CMR), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States d Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Fish Seal Whale Organochlorines PBDE Brominated flame retardants |
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