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TABLE 7.2
Total.PBDEs.and.BDE-47.and.BDE-99.in.the.Atmosphere.of.Hong.Kong,.Guangzhou.(South.China),.
and.Taiwan.(pg/m 3 )
Region

HongKong Guangzhou Guiyu South China Taiwan

Sites YL TW HT LW TH Burning DG DL HC

Particles.with.aerodynamic.diameter.smaller.than.2.5.μm.(PM 2.5 )
BDE-47 3.8 49.5 3.2 26.8 52.9 5,004 / / /

BDE-99 3.6 93.3 2.1 25.2 66.1 5,489 / / /

ΣPBDEs 45.0 196 24.0 118 200 16,575 / / /

Total.suspended.particles.(TSP)
BDE-47 4.8 79.7 3.5 71.1 122 6,456 95.1 2,685 /

BDE-99 7.3 129 2.6 61.0 122 5,519 36.6 1,656 /

BDE-209 / / / / / / 98.9 2,174 /

ΣPBDEs 69.0 358 33.8 204 372 21,474 4,316 9,133 48

Reference Wang.et.al..

(2011)
Hong. Kong:. YL. (Yuen. Long),. TW. (Tsuen. Wan),. HT. (Hok. Tsui);. Guangzhou:. LW. (Li. Wan). and. TH. (Tian. He);.
Dongguan:. DG. (Dongguan. clothing. manufacturing. areas);. Dali:. DL. (Dali. small. e-waste. recycling. area). in.
Guangdong.Province;.Taiwan:.HC.(Hsinchu).

Deng.et.al..(2007) Chen.et.al..

(2008a)