Screening of selected priority substances of the Water Framework Directive in marine samples 2004 – 2008. Brominated flame retardents, polyfluorinated organic compounds, dimethyltetrabrombisphenol A, isoproturon, cyclodienes and di(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate, and selected organochlorines, phenols and metals in marine sediment, blue mussel and cod liver

Sammendrag

This report investigated concentrations of silver, arsenic, chromium, nickel, brominated compounds including PBDEs and HBCDD, perfluorinated organic compounds including PFOS and PFOSA, organochlorines including trichloroethylene, endosulfan, trichlrorbenzene and HCBD, cyclodiene pesticides, selected phenols and chlorophenols, isoproturon and DEHP. Analyses were done on samples from sediment from the period 2004 - 2008, and blue mussel and cod from 2008 collected under the Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme (CEMP). The report is a contribution implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive with respect to gaining more knowledge about some hazardous substances that are not routinely monitored.