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PBDEs in Baltic herring off the coast of Finland during 1978–2009. Chemosphere
114:165–171
Allanou R, Hansen BG, van der Bilt Y (1999) Public availability of data on EU high production
volume chemicals. European Commission, European Chemicals Bureau, Ispra
Austin ME, Badrinarayanan SK, Barber M, Kurunthachalam K, MohanKumar PS, MohanKumar
SMJ (2003) Neuroendocrine effects of perfl uorooctane sulfonate in rats. Environ Health
Perspect 111:1485–1489
Backer H, Leppänen JM, Brusendorff AC, Forsius K, Stankiewicz M, Mehtonen J, Pyhälä M,
Laamanen M et al (2010) HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan. A regional programme of measures for the marine environment based on the ecosystem approach. Mar Pollut Bull
60:642–649
Barry V, Winquist A, Steenland K (2013) Perfl uorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposures and incident
cancers among adults living near a chemical plant. Environ Health Perspect 121:1313–1318
Bergman A (2007) Pathological changes in seals in Swedish waters: the relation to environmental
pollution . Doctoral thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
Bergman P (2012) Bättre EU-regler för en giftfri miljö (in Swedish). Rapport 1/12. KEMI,
Stockholm
Bergman A, Olsson M (1985) Pathology of Baltic grey seal and ringed seal females with special
reference to adrenocortical hyperplasia: is environmental pollution the cause of a widely distributed disease syndrome? Finn Game Res 44:47–62
Birnbaum LS, Staskal DF (2004) Brominated fl ame retardants: cause for concern? Environ Health
Perspect 112:9–17
Boalt E, Nyberg E, Bignert A, Hedman J, Danielson S, the HELCOM CORESET expert group for
hazardous substances (2013) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and dioxins and furans.
HELCOM, Helsinki
Borg D, Håkansson H (2012) Environmental and health risk assessment of perfl uoroalkylated and
polyfl uoroalkylated substances (PFASs) in Sweden. Report 6513. SEPA, Stockholm
Burkow IC, Kalleborn R (2000) Sources and transport of persistent pollutants to the arctic. Toxicol
Lett 112–113:97–92
Butt CM, Berger U, Bossi R, Tomy GT (2010) Levels and trends of poly- and perfl uorinated compounds in the arctic environment. Sci Total Environ 408:2936–2965
Carrera G, Fernandez P, Vilanova RM, Grimalt JO (2001) Persistent organic pollutants in snow
from European high mountain areas. Atmos Environ 35:245–254
CBSS (1996) Kalmar Communiqué Council of the Baltic Sea States. Fifth Ministerial Session,
Kalmar 2–3 July 1996
COHIBA (2012) Major sources and fl ows of the Baltic Sea Action Plan hazardous substances.
WP4 fi nal report. IVL, Stockholm
Curtin R, Prellezo R (2010) Understanding marine ecosystem based management: a literature
review. Mar Policy 34:821–830
Darnerud PO, Eriksen GS, Johannesson T, Larsen PB, Viluksela M (2001) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, dietary exposure, and toxicology. Environ Health Perspect 109:49–68
de Wit CA (2002) An overview of brominated fl ame retardants in the environment. Chemosphere
46:583–624
EC (1986) Single European Act. OJ L 169:1–29
EC (1996) Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT). OJ L 243:31–35
EC (2000) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a
framework for community action in the fi eld of water policy. OJ L 327:1–72
EC (2001) Council Regulation 2375/2001/EC of 29 November 2001 amending Commission
Regulation 466/2001/EC setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. OJ L
321:1–5
EC (2002) Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). OJ L 37:24–39
M. Karlsson and M. Gilek