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• Keynote
• Analysis
• Exposure I: Food & Environment
• Exposure II: Pathways
• Toxicology
• Risk Assessment
• Brominated dioxins and furans
• New and Alternative BFRs

• P001 Prieto, A. Stir bar sorptive extraction for the determination of PBBs and PBDEs in water samples
• P002 Krumwiede, D. Comparative studies of PTV on-column injection for improved sensitivity in high resolution GC/MS analysis of thermolabile high boiling brominated flame retardants
• P003 De la Torre, A. NCI-MS vs EI-MS for PBDEs analysis in Spanish sewage sludges
• P004 Gensler, M. Development and evaluation of a method for the determination of polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE) in food and feed
• P005 Jin, J. Determination of tetrabromobisphenol-A( TBBP-A) in soil and sediment samples by ultra-performance liquid chromatography with Quattro Premier mass spectrometer
• P006 Frederiksen, M. Analysis of HBCD and TBBPA by GC-MS versus LC-MS-MS - indications of systematic differences in obtained results
• P007 Keller, J.M. Standard reference materials available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the analysis of brominated flame retardants
• P008 Chirlanda, S. Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE(R)): sample preparation for brominated flame-retardants in solid materials
• P009 Riess, M. HPLC detection of PBFRs - optimization and improvement
• P010 Duffek, A. Interlaboratory study on decaBDE in dust within the EU-project NORMAN
• P011 Gomara, B. Feasibility of GC-NCI-MS for the trace determination of tri- to deca- brominated diphenyl ethers in human samples
• P012 Li, K.Y. Development of molecularly imprinted sol-gel SPME devices for the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
• P013 Arsenault, G. Delta- and Epsilon-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane
• P014 De Koning, S. Use of classifications and mass spectral filtering to process GC×GC-TOFMS data for brominated flame retardants
• P015 Van Bavel, B. Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) for PBDD/DF analysis through international interlaboratory comparison studies
• P016 Grandby, K. LC-MS/MS analysis of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) isomers and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and levels in Danish fish for food consumption
• P017 Takasuga, T. Comprehensive analysis for organo-bromine compounds in environmental samples with GC/MS (EI/NCI)
• P018 Korytar, P. Improved separation of PBDEs and other brominated flame retardants by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography
• P019 Linsinger, T.P.J. Determination of polybrominated flame-retardants in polymers - state of the art

• O-01 Ake Bergman BFR Exposure: air, particles and food matters
• O-02 Shin Takahashi A review of recent studies on brominated flame retardants in the Asia-Pacific region
• O-03 Thomas, G. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the population of an electronic component dismantling region of South China
• O-04 Anuschka Polder Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) in bird eggs from South Africa
• O-05 Marta Venier Measurements of PBDEs in cat serum and cat food: Is there a relationship with feline hyperthyroidism?
• O-06 Arnold Schecter Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane in the United States: levels in human blood and milk, food, air, fast food and environmental samples
• P020 Law, R.J. Levels and trends of HBCD and BDEs in the European and Asian environments
• P021 Wang, Y-S. Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) on anaerobic microorganism community of sediment
• P022 Fernandes, A.R. Brominated dioxins (PBDD/Fs) and flame retardants (BFRs) in Scottish shellfish
• P023 Sobrado, C. PBDEs levels in commercial fishery and aquaculture products from Spain
• P024 Vorkamp, K. Temporal development of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) eggs from Greenland
• P025 Baek, K. Determination of alpha, beta, and gamma hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in two marine food webs from Norway
• P026 Svendsen, T.C. Comparison of level and pattern of PDBE in four spatially separated populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) from Scandinavia
• P027 Wanner, A. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in Italian ryegrass exposed near to Bavarian shredder plants
• P028 Van den Steen, E. PBDEs in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool
• P029 Pountney, A. Concentrations of PBDEs in a top UK predator, the European otter (Lutra lutra), with particular attention to BDE209
• P030 Hakk, H. An ADME study with 2,2',4,4',-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) in chickens
• P031 Huwe, J.K. Comparative oral bioavailability of PBDEs from dust and oil in male rats
• P032 Li, J. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in breast milk from Beijing, China
• P033 Tomy, G. Temporal and spatial trends of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Canadian Arctic
• P034 Tomy, G. Temporal trends of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from Ontario (1979-2004)
• P035 Borghesi, N. Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in two species of Antarctic fish (Chionodraco hamatus and Trematomus bernacchii)
• P036 Toms, L. Assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in freshwater, estuarine and marine surface sediment associated with various land-uses in Australia
• P037 Cavaci, A. PBDE levels in pooled serum samples of newborns, adolescents and adults from Flanders, Belgium
• P038 Covaci, A. PBDEs in liver and adipose tissue samples from Belgium
• P039 Yamamoto, T. Thermal behavior of brominated flame retardants and brominated dioxins during combustion of automobile shredder residue
• P040 Keller, J.M. PBDE concentrations and congener profiles among different turtle species, locations, and sample types
• P041 Ashley, J.T.F. PBDEs in American Eels from the Delaware River Estuary, USA
• P042 Henry Anderson Characteristics associated with elevated PBDE serum levels: findings from a US cohort of frequent and infrequent consumers of sport-caught fish
• P043 Staskal, F. Daily intake estimates of PBDEs associated with consumption of catfish in the U.S.
• P044 Ohta, S. Newly global pollution by coplanar polychlorinated/brominated biphenyls (co-PXBs) suggested from contamination study in Japanese food samples
• P045 Suzuki, G. Chlorinated and brominated TTR binding compounds in house dust
• P046 Gauthier, T. Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) and degradation products in the eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America
• P047 Shaw, D. PBDEs, PCBs, and dioxin-Like PCBs in harbor seals from the Northwestern Atlantic
• P048 Eriksson, C. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in inner and outer blubber layers in Baltic Grey Seal
• P049 Johansson, A.K.J. Congener patterns of PBDEs in eggs from peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) breeding in Sweden
• P050 Kuivikko, M.J.A. Decomposition of PBDEs by direct photolysis in marine surface waters
• P051 Russell, M. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the firth of clyde in relation to sewage sludge input
• P052 Lepom, P. PBDEs and HBCD in marine sediments from the North Sea, Germany
• P053 Webster, M. Assessing PBDE and PFC exposures in pregnant women: development of a detailed exposure assessment questionnaire
• P054 Searl, A. Workplace exposure to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in the European Union
• P055 Bartolome, A. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment and fish samples by HRGC/HRMS
• P056 Leonards, P. Spatial distribution of PBDEs and HBCD in fish, marine mammals and birds: results of the FIRE project
• P057 Pulkrabova, J. Brominated flame retardants in river sediments and sewage sludges collected in the Czech Republic
• P058 Knoth, W. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in humus layers in remote forests
• P059 Luetjohann, J. Occurrence of brominated flame retardants in wildlife and the environment
• P060 De Voogt, P. Levels of brominated diphenylethers in serum of teenagers
• P061 Cazaunau, M. Fate of deca-brominated diphenyl ether (BDE-209) adsorbed on model atmospheric particles: analytical development and heterogeneous reaction with ozone
• P062 Leslie, H.A. Decabromodiphenylether in human whole blood and serum
• P063 Leslie, H.A. Monitoring of decabromodiphenylether in the environment: birds' eggs, sewage sludge and sediments

• O-13 Derek Muir Brominated flame retardants in the Arctic - trends, pathways and new candidates
• O-14 Catalina Ibarra de Moore Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in household dust from Wellington, New Zealand and Birmingham, United Kingdom
• O-15 Susan Klosterhaus Bioavailability of brominated diphenyl ethers to the marine polychaete worm, Nereis virens
• O-16 Leisa-Maree Toms Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and age: analysis of pooled human blood serum from birth to over 60 years
• O-17 Cathrine Thomsen Occupational Exposure to Hexabromocyclododecane in Workers at an Industrial Plant
• O-18 Cynthia De Wit Brominated flame retardants in sludge from 50 Swedish sewage treatment plants: Evidence of anaerobic degradation of HBCD and TBBPA
• O-19 Robert Letcher Organobromine, Organochlorine and Metabolically-Derived Contaminants in Norwegian Arctic Glaucous Gulls: Associations with Whole Body Constituents
• O-20 Jonathan Raff Insights into the atmospheric chemistry of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
• P064 Parsons, J.R. Debromination of PBDEs in anaerobic sediment microcosms
• P065 Stapleton, H.M. Exposure to PBDEs from hand to mouth contact: measurements of PBDEs on hand wipes from individuals in the United States
• P066 Lorber, M.N. Exposure of Americans to polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Part 1. adult exposures
• P067 Lorber, M.N. Exposure of Americans to polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Part 2. child and infant exposures
• P068 Lebeuf, M. Selectivity in the lactational transfer of PBDEs by hooded seals from the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada
• P069 Marvin, C. Factors affecting enantiomeric fractions of hexabromocyclododecane
• P070 Su, Y. Comparison of multi-year air measurements of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) between the Arctic and the Great Lakes
• P071 Rattfelt, J. Maternal transfer in zebrafish exposed to a structurally diverse set of brominated flame retardants
• P072 Gama, A. Photodegradation of decabromodiphenyl ether in solvents under simulated solar irradiation
• P073 Trudel, D. Comparison of total consumer exposure to PBDEs in Europe and North America
• P074 Gerecke, A.C. Brominated flame retardants in settled dust of a commercial aircraft
• P075 Geller, A.M. Photolysis of pentabromo diphenylethers from the technical mixture DE-71(TM): BDE 85, BDE 99 and BDE 100 in THF/hexane
• P076 Allen, J.G. Linking PBDEs in house dust to consumer products using X-ray fluorescence
• P077 Allen, J.G. Characterization of PBDEs in household dust: comparison of collection methods and relationship to indoor air
• P078 Stapleton, H.M. Debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in human and fish liver microsomes
• P079 Takigami, H. Possibility of transfer of brominated flame retardants onto dust from components of television sets
• P080 Gearhart, J. Brominated flame retardants in new motor vehicles: applications and trends in major automotive components
• P081 Admon, S. Environmental fate of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) - the degradation pathway
• P082 Jorundsdottir, H. Spatial trends of brominated and fluorinated environmental contaminants in Guillemot eggs (Uria aalge) from the arctic and sub-arctic in North-West Europe
• P083 Arsenault, G. Debromination of PBDEs in DE-83TM technical mix by electrolysis

• O-07 Martin van den Berg Recent developments in BFR toxicology: evidence, arguments and implications for risk assessment
• O-09 Raoul Kuiper Endocrine effects of PBDEs investigated in two fish species
• O-10 Vince Palace Biochemical effects of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) diastereoisomers in juvenile rainbow trout (Onch orhynchus mykiss)
• O-11 Kim Fernie Reproductive and growth changes in American kestrels (Falco sparverius) exposed to environmentally relevant levels of DE-71
• O-12 Timo Hamers In vitro induction of organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) as a possible mechanism for thyroid hormone disruption by hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
• P084 Gregoraszczuk, E.L. In vitro effects of the selected brominated flame retardants on the ovarian follicular cell steroidogenesis
• P085 Murk, A.J. Thyroid hormone-related mixture effects of some brominated fire retardants
• P086 Dingemans, M. Neonatal exposure to brominated flame retardant BDE-47 changes mouse neuronal plasticity
• P087 Tomy, G. Dietary exposure of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)ethane (BTBPE): Bioaccumulation parameters and biochemical effects
• P088 Canton, R.F. In vitro antiandrogenicity of PBDEs, HBCD, TBP and hydroxylated and methoxylated PBDEs based on a yeast bioassay
• P089 Canton, R.F. Subchronic effects of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) on hepatic gene expression profiles in rats
• P090 Turyk, M.E. Thyroid hormone disruption by PBDEs in adults sport fish consumers: A first look
• P091 Norman, A. Reproduction effects in zebrafish exposed to a mixture of structurally diverse brominated flame retardants
• P092 Van Boxtel, T. An environmentally relevant BDE47 metabolite is highly toxic in zebrafish and has dramatic effects on metabolism in vitro
• P093 Litens, S. 28-days oral dose toxicity study of a purified technical DE-71 mixture in wistar rats: evaluation of apolar liver retinoid levels
• P094 Burns, C. Probing the binding of BFRs to thyroid transport proteins using NMR and molecular modeling
• P095 Martin, P.A. Immunological effects in mink chronically exposed to a commercial PBDE formulation.

• O-24 Steven Eisenreich Risk Assessment of PBDEs in the European Union - Process and Update
• O-25 Michael Spiegelstein Industry perspective on brominated flame retardants - an overview
• O-26 Leo van der Ven Endocrine modulating activity of some brominated flame retardants in rats
• O-27 John Pasternak The status of ecological screening assessments of brominated flame retardants in canada
• P096 Linsinger, T.P.J. Polybrominated biphenylethers in plastics: analytical state of the art
• P097 Tange, L.T. VECAP: Controlling emissions protecting the environment by continuous improvement
• P098 Buser, A.M. Temporal Behaviour of the Anthropogenic Metabolism of selected Brominated Flame Retardants: Emissions to the Environment
• P099 Koppen, R. Thermal rearrangement of HBCD enantiomers
• P100 Muir, T. Risk assessment in an economic and cost-benefit framework: perspectives on the decaBDE and TV case study
• P101 Lundstedt-Enkel, K. Relationships between physicochemical and structural descriptors and biomagnification of organochlorines and brominated flame retardants
• P102 Kuramochi, H. Measurements of water solubility and 1-octanol/water partition coefficient of three hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers
• P103 Hirai, Y. Brominated flame retardants in recycled plastic products

• O-21 Shin-ichi Sakai Behavior and control of brominated flame retardants and polyhalogenated compounds in a municipal bulky waste shredder system
• O-22 Markus Wahl BDE47 batch containing traces of brominated dibenzofurans alters cell cycle regulation in vitro
• O-23 Peter Haglund Are the sources of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins found in Baltic Proper fish and shellfish anthropogenic or natural?

• O-28 Ronald Hites Non-PBDE flame retardants in the environment and in people
• O-29 Lewis Gauthier Temporal trends of current-use brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in the eggs of colonial herring gulls (Larus argentatus) from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America
• O-30 Gregg Tomy Isomers of dechlorane plus (R) in Lake Winnipeg and Lake Ontario food webs
• O-31 Tomohiko Isobe Contamination status and body distribution of organohalogen compounds in striped dolphins (Stenella Coeruleoalba) stranded at Gogo-shima Island, Matsuyama, Japan
• O-32 Jerome De Boysere Overview of phosphorus based halogen free flame retardants for electric and electronic applications
• P105 Sverko, E. A recently discovered flame retardant in the environment, dechlorane plus (R): fate and levels in the lower Great Lakes
• P106 Alaee, M. Polymeric flame retardants: potential sources for low molecuar weight organobromine contaminants