Review Article

Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants in Chinese Bohai Sea and Its Coastal Regions

Table 1

Comparison of emerging organic pollutants in different matrix among Bohai Sea and other areas.

LocationPBDEsPFOSPFOAHBCDSample matrix

ChinaBohai Sea0.07–5.24 [14]
0.22–0.9 [15]
nd-0.66 [17]
nd-0.87 [18]
0.13–1.98 [20]
nd-1.97 [23]
nd-4.3 [24]
nd-0.54 [23]
nd-1.5 [23]
Sediment
0.31–2.73 [14]
0.04–60.9 [35]
0.01–20.4 [36]
nd-4.33 [41]
nd-268 (Ark shell 0.94) [43]
nd-126 [41]
nd-60.6 (Ark shell 2.10) [43]
nd-28.8 [36]Biota

ChinaOther sea areas0.1–5.5 [29]
nd-8.0 [58]
0.04–4.48 [59]
<0.1–11.91 [60]1.84–34.01 [55]Sediment
Nd-2.20 [61]
0.306 (mussel, average) (ww) [62]
84–980 (small cetaceans) (lw) [63]
0.3–13.9 (ww) [64]
nd-1.69 (ww) [65]
<0.0014–1.627 (ww) [66]
0.6–2.0 [67]
nd-1.67 (ww) [59]
nd-0.66 (ww) [60]
<0.0054–7.543 (ww) [61]
nd-2.2 [47]
4.7–380 (small cetaceans) (lw) [63]
nd-51 (lw) [68]
Biota

Japan0.05–3.6 [69]0.09–0.14 [70]
0.13–1.4 [71]
0.84–1.1 [70]
0.11–0.39 [71]
0.056–2.3 [69]Sediment
1.3–8.5 (lw) [72]
0.03–2.0 (ww) [73]
<0.3 [70]
3.8 [67]
6.3–14 (mussel) (ww) [70]
3.4–8.1 (oyster) (ww) [70]
4.3 [67]
0–36.9 (ww) [74]
6.2–49 (lw) [34]
<0.5–110 (lw) [72]
0.3–10 (ww) [73]
10–1400 (lw) [68]
44.3 (black-striped mussel)–177 (green crab) (lw) [75]
Biota

USAnd-212 [47]
2.1–8 [7]
nd-560 [46]
0.07–0.18 [76]0.03–0.08 [76]0.1–1.7 [77]Sediment
9–106 [47]
470–2260 (White croaker) (lw) [77]
30.4–4500 (Bottlenose dolphin) (lw) [78]
12.4–4190 (Bull shark) (lw)[78]
1.4–96.8 (ng/mL Sea turtle Plasma) [79]
0.31–39.0 (ng/mL Sea turtle Plasma) [80]
0.49–8.14 (ng/mL Sea turtle Plasma) [79]
0.076–0.993 (Sea turtle Plasma) [80]
nd-4.5 (White croaker) (lw) [77]
0.460–72.6 (Bottlenose dolphin) (lw) [78]
9.15–413 (Bull shark) (lw) [78]
Biota

Arctic Area0.107–0.297 [51]<0.0482
nd-0.11 [48]
0.017–0.1382
nd [48]
nd [51]Sediment
0.11 (ww) [81]
0.06–0.19 (ww) [51]
18.3–44.5 (eggs of ivory gulls) (lw) [82]
0.12–5.4 (Cod muscle) (ww) [83]
<0.3–1.3 (Salmon muscle) (ww) [83]
0.14–0.03 (Cod muscle) (ww) [83]
<0.08–1.2 (Salmon muscle) (ww) [83]
14.7 (Polar Cod) (lw) [51]
2.1–3.8 (eggs of ivory gulls) (lw) [82]
Biota

(ng/g dw ww: wet weight based; lw: lipid weight based).