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Identification and Occurrence of Analogues of Dechlorane 604 in Lake Ontario Sediment and their Accumulation in Fish

Abstract

The dechlorane family of flame retardants, which includes Mirex (also known as Dechlorane), Dechlorane Plus (DP), and Dechloranes (Dec) 602, 603, and 604, were manufactured at a facility along the Niagara River, upstream of Lake Ontario. Some of these compounds remain in use. In a previous study, we found Mirex and Dec602 to have greater bioaccumulation potentials than Dec604 and DP based on calculated biota-sediment accumulation factors …

Authors

Shen L; Jobst KJ; Reiner EJ; Helm PA; McCrindle R; Taguchi VY; Marvin CH; Backus S; MacPherson KA; Brindle ID

Journal

Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 48, No. 19, pp. 11170–11177

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Publication Date

October 7, 2014

DOI

10.1021/es503089c

ISSN

0013-936X