Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticisers in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012

A Papachlimitzou; JL Barber; S Losada; P Bersuder; R Deaville; A Brownlow; R Penrose; PD Jepson; RJ Law

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.034

Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticisers in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012

A Papachlimitzou, JL Barber, S Losada, P Bersuder, R Deaville, A Brownlow, R Penrose, PD Jepson, RJ Law

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A suite of twenty organophosphorus flame retardant compounds have been determined in blubber and liver tissue of twenty harbour porpoises stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012 in order to establish current levels of contamination. Fourteen of the twenty compounds were below the limits of quantification in all samples. Six could be quantified at maximum concentrations (in blubber) between 6.7 and 246 lg kg 1 wet weight. These levels do not suggest a high level of concern regarding potential impacts and do not indicate that routine monitoring in UK porpoises is warranted at this time. Crown Copyright 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	328 - 334
Number of pages	7
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	98
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.034
Publication status	First published - 19 Jun 2015

Keywords

Blubber
Harbour porpoise
Liver
Organophosphorus flame retardants
Organophosphorus plasticisers

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Papachlimitzou, A., Barber, JL., Losada, S., Bersuder, P., Deaville, R., Brownlow, A., Penrose, R., Jepson, PD., & Law, RJ. (2015). Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticisers in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 98, 328 - 334. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.034

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Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticisers in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012

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