“…However, to our knowledge, there is no or limited information on air pollution by other contaminants in Batam. Indeed, PBDEs has not been reported in Batam Island, but they widely found in various environmental matrices in other part of Indonesia including municipal waste sludge [13], soil [14,15], sediment [13,16], fish and shellfish [13,17,18] and human samples [7]. The present study determined of PBDEs in ambient air of Batam Island using PUF-PAS aiming at elucidating of their concentration levels, spatial distribution, contamination profiles, and worldwide comparison in the atmosphere.…”