Table 1.
Occurence of PBDEs in non-occupational individuals from some developed countries.
Matrix | Location | PBDE Congeners | Reference |
Breast adipose tissue | USA | tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 33 |
Breast milk | Finland | tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 105 |
Breast milk | Sweden | tetra-, penta- | 106 |
Pooled breast milk | Sweden | tri, 2* tetra-, 3* penta-, 2* hexa- | 106 |
Adipose tissue | USA | hexa-, hepta-, octa- | 55 |
Adipose tissue | Finland | tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 105 |
Adipose tissue | Spain | tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 59 |
Adipose tissue | Sweden | tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 52 |
Blood serum | USA | tetra-, hexa-, hepta-, deca- | 107 |
Blood serum | Sweden | tetra- | 108 |
Placenta | Finland | tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa- | 105 |
Plasma | Sweden | tetra- | 109 |
* Denotes the number of congeners detected, when more than one.