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TABLE 7.3
Concentrations.of.ΣPBDEs.and.Main.Congeners.in.the.Atmosphere.of.China.in.
Comparison.with.Other.Parts.of.the.World.(pg/m 3 )

Sites BDE-47 BDE-99 BDE-209 Σ PBDEs References

China
Beijing.air.(top.air.
of.Beijing.325.m.
Meteorological.
Tower)

/ / / 2.3-18.0 Li.et.al..(2009)

Guangdong Province :
Guiyu.e-waste.site

6456 5519 / 21,474 Deng.et.al..(2007)

Guiyu.burning.air 5180 5889 / 16,822 Wong.et.al..(2007)

Dali,.e-waste.site 2685 1656 2,174 9,133 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Dongguan,.textile 95.1 36.6 98.9 316 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Guangzhou.
urban.1

26.8 31.8 478 577 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Guangzhou.
urban.2

26.9 17.5 264 346 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

South China :
Industrial.area.1 2182 1058 4,192 7,859 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Industrial.area.2 74.7 66.1 750 973 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Nanjing.urban.air 5.6 5.6 65.0 93.1 Zhao.et.al..(2008)

Taiwan / / / 48.5 Wang.et.al..(2011)

Taiwan,.e-waste.
site

/ / / 100-190 Watanabe.et.al..

(1992)

Other parts of the world
Osaka.(1994),.
Japan

/ / 83-3,060 90-3,081 Watanabe.et.al..

(1995)

Osaka.(2001),.
Japan

/ / 100-340 104-347 Ohta.et.al..(2001)

Kyoto,.Japan / / 0-48 4.5-113 Hawakawa.et.al..

(2004)

Michigan.Lake 8.4 5.3 <0.1 15.1 Hoh.and.Hites.

(2005)

Michigan,.the.
United.States

6.2 5.1 1.5 16.2 Hoh.and.Hites.

(2005)

Chicago.(1999),.the.
United.States

33.0 16.0 0.3 52.2 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Chicago.(2003),.the.
United.States

17.0 7.4 60.1 100 Chen.et.al..(2008a)

Louisiana,.the.
United.States

6.9 3.0 2.8 16.4 Hoh.and.Hites.

(2005)

e-waste.workshop.
(Sweden)

1200 2600 36,000 64,000 Sjödin.et.al..(2007)

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