Abstract
This work is part of the research included in the European project AQUATERRA, focused on the study of different persistent organic pollutants in different risk zones along the Ebro River basin. This chapter summarizes brominated flame retardant research in the Ebro area. Within a monitoring program at different risk zones in this river, two high contaminated areas were detected. The first one is located along the Cinca River, a tributary of Ebro River, downstream a heavily industrialized town (Monzón) and data showed a high HBCD contamination in this area. The second one is located along the Vero River, a tributary of Cinca River, downstream an industrial park in Barbastro. In this case, high contamination of deca-BDE-209 was found. Our work included the analysis of sediments and biota, with special attention on aspects such as temporal trends, bioavailability, and bioaccumulation of these contaminants. Moreover, an attempt of identification of source contamination was carried out, with the analysis of industrial effluents. In both cases, the industry responsible of the contamination was identified.
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Abbreviations
- ABS:
-
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
- BFR:
-
Brominated flame retardant
- dw:
-
Dry weight
- EPS:
-
Expandable polystyrene
- ESI:
-
Electrospray ionization
- GC:
-
Gas chromatography
- HBCD:
-
Hexabromocyclododecane
- LC:
-
Liquid chromatography
- LOD:
-
Limit of detection
- lw:
-
Lipid weight
- MS:
-
Mass spectrometry
- MS-MS:
-
Tandem mass spectrometry
- NCI:
-
Negative chemical ionization
- PBDE:
-
Polybrominated diphenyl ether
- POP:
-
Persistent organic pollutant
- PVC:
-
Polyvinyl chloride
- QqLIT:
-
Quadrupole linear ion trap
- QqQ:
-
Triple quadrupole
- SIM:
-
Selected ion monitoring
- SPLE:
-
Selective pressurized liquid extraction
- SRM:
-
Selected reaction monitoring
- TBBPA:
-
Tetrabromobisphenol-A
- ww:
-
Wet weight
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This research study was funded by the European Union under the Global Change and Ecosystems (FP6) Water Cycle and Soil Related Aspects: Integrated modeling of the river-sediment–soil–groundwater system; advanced tools for the management of catchment areas and river basins in the context of global change (AQUATERRA, Project number 505428), and by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Project numbers CTM2005-25168-E and CTM2005-07402-C02-02/TECNO). This work reflects only the author’s views and the European Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro is thanked for its assistance in the industrial effluent sampling.
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Eljarrat, E., Raldúa, D., Barceló, D. (2010). Origin, Occurrence, and Behavior of Brominated Flame Retardants in the Ebro River Basin. In: Barceló, D., Petrovic, M. (eds) The Ebro River Basin. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry(), vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2010_70
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