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Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Korean metropolitan population are declining: A trend from 2001 to 2013 SCIE SCOPUS

Title
Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Korean metropolitan population are declining: A trend from 2001 to 2013
Authors
Kim, JongchulKang, Jung-HoChoi, Sung-DeukZhu, JipingChang, Yoon-Seok
Date Issued
2018-09
Publisher
WILEY
Abstract
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been banned or voluntarily withdrawn from commerce worldwide. Declining levels of PBDEs in humans have been reported elsewhere, but not in Korea. We monitored 7 individual PBDE congeners (BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-153, BDE-154, and BDE-183) in 103 human serum samples collected in 2006. The arithmetic mean and median values for the sum of the 7 PBDEs (Sigma PBDEs) were 7.13 and 6.70ng/g lipid, respectively. In addition, 6 pooled human serum samples collected in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013 were analyzed. A decrease in PBDE levels was observed, as reflected by the median value of Sigma PBDEs from 5.98 in 2006 to 2.98ng/g lipid in 2013 as well as in the pooled samples. The levels of individual congeners also decreased but at different declining rates. Based on these results and previously reported data, a definite decline in PBDE levels in the Korean metropolitan population could be observed from 2001 to 2013, providing the first evidence in Korea of the same decline observed elsewhere in the world. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2323-2330. (c) 2018 SETAC
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/95678
DOI
10.1002/etc.4222
ISSN
0730-7268
Article Type
Article
Citation
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, vol. 37, no. 9, page. 2323 - 2330, 2018-09
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