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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers detected in human adipose tissue from Spain
M Meneses1, H Wingfors, M Schuhmacher
1Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain.
Abstract:
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were detected in 13 human adipose tissue samples from Spain, 3 women and 10 men. Tetra-, penta- and hexabrominated diphenyl ethers were determined at ng/g lipid (ppb) level in all the samples. The average TeBDE level was 1.36 ng/g, the average PeBDE was 0.93 ng/g and the HxBDE 1.83 ng/g. Human adipose tissue levels of PBDE obtained in the current samples from Spain are comparable with the tissue levels reported in recent Swedish investigations.
