{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(3)"],"submitter":["Ohoro CR"],"pubmed_abstract":["The concentrations, potential sources, and compositional profile of PBDEs in the surface water and sediment of Nahoon Estuary, East London, South Africa, were investigated with solid-phase extraction and ultra-sonication, respectively, followed by gas-chromatography-electron capture detection. The seasonal range of the contaminants' concentrations in water and sediment samples in spring season were ∑PBDE 329 ± 48.3 ng/L (25.32-785 ng/L) and ∑PBDE 4.19 ± 0.35 ng/g dw (1.91-6.57 ng/g), but ∑PBDE 62.1 ± 1.50 ng/L (30.1-110 ng/L) and ∑PBDE 65.4 ± 15.9 ng/g dw (1.98-235 ng/g) in summer, respectively. NH1 (first sampling point) was the most contaminated site with PBDE in the Estuary. The potential source of pollution is attributed to the stormwater runoff from a creek emptying directly into the "],"journal":["Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["832"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8839697"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Surface Water and Sediment of Nahoon River Estuary, South Africa."],"pmcid":["PMC8839697"],"pubmed_authors":["Ohoro CR","Okoh OO","Semerjian L","Adeniji AO","Okoh AI"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Surface Water and Sediment of Nahoon River Estuary, South Africa.","description":"The concentrations, potential sources, and compositional profile of PBDEs in the surface water and sediment of Nahoon Estuary, East London, South Africa, were investigated with solid-phase extraction and ultra-sonication, respectively, followed by gas-chromatography-electron capture detection. The seasonal range of the contaminants' concentrations in water and sediment samples in spring season were ∑PBDE 329 ± 48.3 ng/L (25.32-785 ng/L) and ∑PBDE 4.19 ± 0.35 ng/g dw (1.91-6.57 ng/g), but ∑PBDE 62.1 ± 1.50 ng/L (30.1-110 ng/L) and ∑PBDE 65.4 ± 15.9 ng/g dw (1.98-235 ng/g) in summer, respectively. NH1 (first sampling point) was the most contaminated site with PBDE in the Estuary. The potential source of pollution is attributed to the stormwater runoff from a creek emptying directly into the ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-04-19T18:04:51.702Z","creation":"2025-04-19T18:04:51.702Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8839697","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35164097"],"doi":["10.3390/molecules27030832"]}}