Despite the measures that have been put into place in Canada since 2006 to reduce the concentrations of certain flame retardants (polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs) in the environment, these contaminants are still present in the St. Lawrence beluga, reveals a recently published study. PBDE concentrations in St. Lawrence belugas are roughly 4 times higher than those of minke whales in the St. Lawrence or belugas in the Canadian Arctic. This study also demonstrates for the first time that \u201cemerging\u201d flame retardants, some of which are used as substitutes for PBDEs, are accumulating in the fat of this endangered population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Despite the measures that have been put into place in Canada since 2006 to reduce the concentrations of certain flame retardants (polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs) in the environment, these contaminants are still present in the St. Lawrence beluga, reveals a recently published study. PBDE concentrations in St. Lawrence belugas are roughly 4 times higher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":43031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[586,488,494,548],"class_list":["post-43847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ecotoxicology","tag-endangered-species","tag-pollution-en","tag-species-at-risk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n