Polybrominated diphenyl ether （PBDE） in blood from children （age 9–12） in Taizhou, China

• Published in: 环境科学学报：英文版 Vol. 23; no. 7; pp. 1199 - 1204
• Main Author: Xiaoyou Zhang Xianli Ruan Minchan Yan Yaxian Zhao Wuji Wei Zhanfen Qin Yongjian Yang Haiming Xu Yan Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: C12; PBDEs; 中国; 儿童; 台州; 多溴二苯醚; 持久性有机污染物; 血液样本
• ISSN: 1001-0742; 1878-7320

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 ∑9PBDEs （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.