Additions and corrections

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides in human breast milk from Massachusetts, USA

Boris Johnson-Restrepo, Rudolf Addink, Chung Wong, Kathleen Arcaro and Kurunthachalam Kannan

J. Environ. Monit., 2007, 11, 1205–1212 (DOI: 10.1039/b711409p). Amendment published 25th October 2007


(1) Page 1208, first paragraph of the section on OCP concentrations and profiles, "one half-life of ~ 2 years" should be replaced with "one half-life of ~ −4.9 years".

(2) The legend for Figure 3 as "Fig. 3. Log concentrations of DDTs (DDT + DDE) and PCBs" should be replaced with "Fig. 3. Log concentrations of DDTs (DDT + DDE)".

(3) In the label on Figure 3, "t1/2 ~ −2 yr" should be replaced with "t1/2 ~ −4.9 yr". The corrected Figure 3 is below:


The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.


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