Legacy and emerging brominated flame retardants in China: a review on food and human milk contamination, human dietary exposure and risk assessment

Z Shi, L Zhang, J Li, Y Wu - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of widely used chemicals, which have
been produced and used since 1970s. As a consequence of substantial and long-term …

Brominated flame retardants–exposure and risk assessment for the general population

H Fromme, G Becher, B Hilger, W Völkel - International journal of hygiene …, 2016 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of different substances used in
numerous products to prevent fire hazards. Some of them are persistent in the environment …

Novel brominated flame retardants in food composites and human milk from the Chinese Total Diet Study in 2011: Concentrations and a dietary exposure assessment

Z Shi, L Zhang, J Li, Y Zhao, Z Sun, X Zhou… - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
On the basis of the fifth Chinese total diet study (TDS) performed in 2011, the dietary
exposure of the Chinese population to novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) was …

Legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in animal-derived foods from China Total Diet Study (CTDS): Temporal trends, evidence of substitution, and dietary …

X Zhao, B Lyu, L Zhang, J Li, Y Zhao, Y Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the 6th China Total Diet Study (CTDS) conducted in 2016–2019, the occurrence of
both legacy and novel brominated flame retardants (BFRs) was measured in animal-derived …

Brominated flame retardants: sources, distribution, exposure pathways, and toxicity

KK Kefeni, JO Okonkwo, OI Olukunle… - Environmental …, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a relatively new generation of chemicals used as
flame retardants in many types of consumer products. The most commonly used BFRs …

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs): A review on environmental contamination in China

G Yu, Q Bu, Z Cao, X Du, J Xia, M Wu, J Huang - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) which were detected extensively in environmental and
biota samples worldwide, have raised significant concerns during past decades for their …

Brominated flame retardants and seafood safety: a review

R Cruz, SC Cunha, S Casal - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), frequently applied to industrial and household products
to make them less flammable, are highly persistent in the environment and cause multi …

Human health risk associated with brominated flame-retardants (BFRs)

JL Lyche, C Rosseland, G Berge, A Polder - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
The purposes of this review are to assess the human exposure and human and
experimental evidence for adverse effects of brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) with …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and novel brominated flame retardants in human milk from the general population in Beijing, China: occurrence, temporal trends …

T Chen, M Huang, J Li, J Li, Z Shi - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The levels of eight polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners, and six novel
brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) were determined in human milk collected from Beijing …

Brominated flame retardants in breast milk from the United States: First detection of bromophenols in US breast milk

E Schreder, G Zheng, S Sathyanarayana… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a class of compounds with many persistent, toxic,
and bioaccumulative members. BFRs have been widely detected in breast milk, posing …