Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in blood from children (age 9–12)in Taizhou, China
Xiaoyou Zhang , Xianli Ruan , Minchan Yan , Yaxian Zhao , Wuji Wei , Yongjian Yang , Haiming Xu , Yan Li
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Received September 30, 2010,Revised January 18, 2011, Accepted , Available online
Volume 23,2011,Pages 1199-1204
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants have attracted much attention in recent years.
Exposure to PBDEs could induce a high health risk for children. The aim of this study was to investigate the PBDEs exposure of
children (9–12 years) from Taizhou, China. Fifty-eight blood samples were collected in one school in a mountainous area in Taizhou.
The concentrations of Σ9PBDEs (sum of BDE-28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, -183, -197 and -209) ranged from 2.66 to 33.9 ng/g lipid
wet (lw) with a median of 7.22 ng/g lw. These concentrations were lower than those of children in USA, but close to European and
Asian general population levels. The results showed that children in Taizhou countryside were at a low level of PBDEs exposure. The
predominant congener was BDE-209, followed by BDE-28, -47, -197 and -153. High abundance of BDE-209 was consistent with the
pollution background of PBDEs in China characterized by high brominated congeners as main pollutants.
