From: A retrospective study of PBDEs and PCBs in human milk from the Faroe Islands
Concentration (ng/g fat) | Concentration (pmol/g fat) | |||||||
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Year | 1987 | 1994/95 | 1999 | 1999 | 1987 | 1994/95 | 1999 | 1999 |
Samples | (A/B)a | (A/B)a | (A/B)a | n = 9b | (A/B)a | (A/B)a | (A/B)a | n = 9b |
mean/median (range) | mean/median (range) | |||||||
BDE-47 | 0.37/0.40 | 1.1/1.1 | 1.7/1.6 | 1.9/1.3 (0.90–4.5) | 0.77/0.83 | 2.2/2.2 | 3.5/3.4 | 4.0/2.6 (1.8–9.2) |
BDE-99 | 0.15/0.17 | 0.50/0.51 | 0.91/0.94 | 0.84/0.73 (0.33–1.8) | 0.26/0.30 | 0.88/0.90 | 1.6/1.7 | 1.5/1.3 (0.59–3.3) |
BDE-100 | 0.23/0.26 | 0.58/0.59 | 0.92/0.96 | 1.0/0.58 (0.30–2.8) | 0.41/0.45 | 1.0/1.1 | 1.6/1.7 | 1.8/1.0 (0.53–4.9) |
BDE-153 | 0.57/0.65 | 1.4/1.4 | 3.3/3.6 | 2.4/2.1 (1.5–3.8) | 0.89/1.0 | 2.1/2.2 | 5.1/5.5 | 3.8/3.2 (2.3–6.0) |
BDE-209 | 0.59/0.59 | 0.47/0.55 | 1.1/1.3 | 1.0/0.60 (<0.14c–3.2) | 0.62/0.62 | 0.49/0.58 | 1.2/1.3 | 1.1/0.63 (<0.15c–3.4) |
ΣPBDE | 1.9/2.1 | 4.0/4.2 | 8.0/8.4 | 7.2/5.8 (4.7–13) | 2.9/3.2 | 6.8/6.9 | 13/14 | 12/8.9 (7.9–23) |
BDE-154/BB-153 | 1.8/2.1 | 1.8/1.8 | 2.5/2.6 | 1.9/1.3 (0.66–4.0) | 2.9/3.3 | 2.7/2.8 | 3.9/4.0 | 3.0/2.1 (1.0–6.3) |