Spatiotemporal Trends of Anthropogenic and Naturally Occurring Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Long-Term White-Tailed Eagle Feather Collections

Jiachen Sun; Adrian Covaci; Jan Ove Bustnes; Veerle L.B. Jaspers; Björn Helander; Bård Jørgen Bårdsen; David Boertmann; Rune Dietz; Aili Lage Labansen; Ralf Schulz; Govindan Malarvannan; Christian Sonne; Kasper Thorup; Anders P. Tøttrup; Jochen Zubrod; Marcel Eens; Igor Eulaers

doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00767

Spatiotemporal Trends of Anthropogenic and Naturally Occurring Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Long-Term White-Tailed Eagle Feather Collections

Jiachen Sun^*, Adrian Covaci, Jan Ove Bustnes, Veerle L.B. Jaspers, Björn Helander, Bård Jørgen Bårdsen, David Boertmann, Rune Dietz, Aili Lage Labansen, Ralf Schulz, Govindan Malarvannan, Christian Sonne, Kasper Thorup, Anders P. Tøttrup, Jochen Zubrod, Marcel Eens, Igor Eulaers

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Using archived feathers from Norwegian, Swedish, and Greenlandic white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla), we investigated long-term (1866-2015) spatiotemporal trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their methoxylated analogues (MeO-PBDEs). Concentrations of BDE 47 (constituting 47-65% of ∑PBDEs) were significantly increased in feathers from Sweden, while those of other congeners remained at similar levels between Sweden and Norway. Among the naturally occurring MeO-PBDEs, 6-MeO-BDE 47 exhibited higher levels in Sweden while 2′-MeO-BDE 68 concentrations were similar across regions. Concentrations of BDE 47 and 6-MeO-BDE 47 were not intercorrelated in Swedish eagles, highlighting the significance of anthropogenic input and natural origin, respectively, possibly associated with enhanced primary production in the Baltic region. Such a natural origin was further supported by the presence of MeO-PBDEs in 35 historical feathers originally collected from 1866 to 1957. Furthermore, in eagles from Norway and Sweden, less brominated PBDEs exhibited significantly increasing trends until the 1990s that declined considerably thereafter, whereas no apparent decrease was observed for BDE 153 or 154. By comparison, all PBDE congeners showed nonlinear but insignificant changes in Greenland. Additionally, the Swedish eagles showed significantly increased levels of ∑MeO-PBDEs, primarily driven by 6-MeO-BDE 47. Our findings indicate that further evaluation of the sources and impacts of more highly brominated PBDEs and MeO-PBDEs is warranted.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Environmental Science and Technology Letters
Vol/bind	11
Nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	158-165
Antal sider	8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00767
Status	Udgivet - feb. 2024

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Sun, J., Covaci, A., Bustnes, J. O., Jaspers, V. L. B., Helander, B., Bårdsen, B. J., Boertmann, D., Dietz, R., Labansen, A. L., Schulz, R., Malarvannan, G., Sonne, C., Thorup, K., Tøttrup, A. P., Zubrod, J., Eens, M., & Eulaers, I. (2024). Spatiotemporal Trends of Anthropogenic and Naturally Occurring Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Long-Term White-Tailed Eagle Feather Collections. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 11(2), 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00767

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Spatiotemporal Trends of Anthropogenic and Naturally Occurring Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Long-Term White-Tailed Eagle Feather Collections

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