TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution and transportability of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in the Asia-Pacific region using skipjack tuna as a bioindicator
AU - Ueno, Daisuke
AU - Alaee, Mehran
AU - Marvin, Chris
AU - Muir, Derek C.G.
AU - Macinnis, Gordia
AU - Reiner, Eric
AU - Crozier, Patrick
AU - Furdui, Vasile I.
AU - Subramanian, Annamalai
AU - Fillmann, Gilberto
AU - Lam, Paul K.S.
AU - Zheng, Gene J.
AU - Muchtar, Muswerry
AU - Razak, Hamidah
AU - Prudente, Maricar
AU - Chung, Kyu hyuck
AU - Tanabe, Shinsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank M. Williamson, C. Spencer, S. Batchelor, S. Backus and G. Pacepavicius (National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada) for technical support; A. Nihira (Ibaraki Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, Japan), J. Takeuchi (Wakayama Research Center of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan), H. Tameishi (Japan Fisheries Information Service Center, Japan), and I. Nakamura (Kyoto University, Japan) for provision of ecological information on skipjack tuna; M. Nakamura and M. Takahashi (Hiraki-no-Takahashi, Co. Ltd., Japan) for collection of skipjack tuna from areas around Japan. This study was supported partly by Environment Canada, Ontario Ministry of Environment, the “21st Century COE Program” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, the “Japan–Korea Co-operative Joint Research Program on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals” and the “Material Cycles Modeling of Persistent Toxic Chemicals and its Policy Research Applications for Recycling and Waste Management” from the Waste Management Research Grants of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A) (Project No. 16201014) and JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists for D.U. from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - The geographical distribution of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) was investigated through analysis of muscle tissue of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from offshore waters of Asia-Pacific region (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles, Brazil, Japan Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Indian Ocean and North Pacific Ocean). HBCD was detected in almost all samples analyzed (<0.1 to 45 ng/g lipid weight basis), indicating widespread presence of this compound in the marine environment. Elevated concentrations of HBCD were found in skipjack tuna from areas around Japan, which have the larger modern industrial/urban societies, and implicated these areas as primary regional sources. All three individual HBCD isomers (α-, γ- and β-HBCD) were detected in almost all samples; the percentage contribution of the α-isomer to total HBCD increased with increasing latitude. The estimated empirical 1/2 distance for α-HBCD was 8500 km, which is one of the highest atmospheric transportability among various halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
AB - The geographical distribution of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) was investigated through analysis of muscle tissue of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) collected from offshore waters of Asia-Pacific region (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Seychelles, Brazil, Japan Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Indian Ocean and North Pacific Ocean). HBCD was detected in almost all samples analyzed (<0.1 to 45 ng/g lipid weight basis), indicating widespread presence of this compound in the marine environment. Elevated concentrations of HBCD were found in skipjack tuna from areas around Japan, which have the larger modern industrial/urban societies, and implicated these areas as primary regional sources. All three individual HBCD isomers (α-, γ- and β-HBCD) were detected in almost all samples; the percentage contribution of the α-isomer to total HBCD increased with increasing latitude. The estimated empirical 1/2 distance for α-HBCD was 8500 km, which is one of the highest atmospheric transportability among various halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
KW - Atmospheric transport
KW - Brominated flame retardant
KW - Fish
KW - Hexabromocyclododecanes
KW - Persistent organic pollutants
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33748123762
U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.024
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 16504358
AN - SCOPUS:33748123762
SN - 0269-7491
VL - 144
SP - 238
EP - 247
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
IS - 1
ER -
