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The dominant part of PBDEs residue in pig tissues was BDE-47 accounted for 48.2% ~ 66.9%, followed by BDE-99 from 15.9% to 24.2%. When the data were on lipid weight basis, the ∑PBDEs concentrations in tissues of individual pig showed the same order of liver > muscle, intestine > fat. Principal component analysis and PBDE congener mean concentration ratios of muscle versus liver (M/L), fat versus liver (F/L) and intestine versus liver (I/L) showed the higher accumulation ability of PBDEs in liver than in other tissues. And the PBDE mean concentration ratios of M/L, F/L and I/L had the trend of decrease with increasing bromination degree of PBDE congeners.
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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (No. 20707031), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2003CB415005) and the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-420-3).
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Li, Y.F., Yang, Z.Z., Wang, C.H. et al. Tissue Distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Captive Domestic Pigs, Sus scrofa, from a Village Near an Electronic Waste Recycling Site in South China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 84, 208–211 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-009-9922-2
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