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1. Legacy and current-use brominated flame retardants in the Barn Owl

Author:: Jaspers, Veerle L.B., et al. ; Eulaers, Igor; Pinxten, Rianne; Covaci, Adrian; Eens, Marcel; Show all 5 Authors
Source:: The Science of the total environment 2014 v.472 pp. 454-462
ISSN:: 0048-9697
Subject:: Tyto alba; birds of prey; early warning systems; environmental health; feathers; flame retardants; food chain; liver; molting; muscles; pollution; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; preening; tail; tissues; urbanization; uropygial gland; Belgium; France; Netherlands
Abstract:: ... The present study investigated the current-use brominated flame retardants (BFRs) tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), simultaneously with legacy polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), in Barn Owls (Tyto alba) collected from two regions with a contrasting degree of urbanisation and vicinity to point sources (Flanders in Belgium versus Normandy in France). Both tissues ...
DOI:: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.054
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.054