Abstract
Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) are used as flame-retardant additives in a wide range of commercial products. Some PBDEs congeners are persistent in the environment, have lipophilic properties and consequently bioaccumulate. During the last decades, PBDE concentrations increased biota and abiota, more recently these concentrations are levelling off. Structural similarity of certain
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