Thursday, October 13, 2011

New Brominated Chemicals Detected In Gull Eggs

New Brominated Chemicals Detected In Gull Eggs
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i42/8942scene4.html

"Although designed to be more environmentally friendly, new polybrominated flame retardants may accumulate in living tissues just like older ones, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology (DOI: 10.1021/es201325g). Researchers have detected chemical signatures consistent with these products in herring gull eggs collected around the Great Lakes."

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