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RECORD NUMBER: 38 OF 41Main Title | Swimming in chemicals : widespread presence of brominated flame retardants and PCBs in eels (Anguilla anguilla) from rivers and lakes in 10 European countries / | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Greenpeace International. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Greenpeace, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 62232724 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Biological monitoring ; Pollutants--Analysis ; Fireproofing agents--Toxicology ; Polychlorinated biphenyls | |||||||||||
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Collation | 55 p. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p.41-46). |
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Contents Notes | Map of locations for the 20 pooled eel samples -- What are brominated flame retardants? -- Toxicity concerns -- Environmental trends in flame retardant contamination -- The bigger picture -- Eels as biomonitors of flame retardant contamination -- European eels under threat -- Sleeping poisons? -- Scope of the current study -- Materials and methods -- Study design -- Sample collection -- Analytical methods -- Results and discussion -- PBDE -- HBCD -- TBBP-A -- PCBs |