[PDF][PDF] Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants: environmental contamination, human body burden and potential adverse health effects

LG Costa, G Giordano, S Tagliaferri, A Caglieri… - Acta …, 2008 - jeffreydachmd.com
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are an important class of flame retardants, widely
used in a variety of consumer products. In the past several years, PBDEs have become …

Developmental neurotoxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants

LG Costa, G Giordano - Neurotoxicology, 2007 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of flame retardants used in a variety of
consumer products. In the past 25 years, PBDEs have become ubiquitous environmental …

Overview of toxicological aspects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers: a flame-retardant additive in several consumer products

CE Talsness - Environmental research, 2008 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants due to
their long half-life and widespread use as flame retardants in several consumer products …

Human exposure to PBDE and critical evaluation of health hazards

V Linares, M Bellés, JL Domingo - Archives of toxicology, 2015 - Springer
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used in large quantities as flame-retardant
additives in a number of commercial products. Biomonitoring data show that, in recent years …

A mechanistic view of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) developmental neurotoxicity

LG Costa, R de Laat, S Tagliaferri, C Pellacani - Toxicology letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), extensively used in the past few decades as flame
retardants in a variety of consumer products, have become world-wide persistent …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environmental systems: a review

CR Ohoro, AO Adeniji, AI Okoh, OO Okoh - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
PBDEs are human-influenced chemicals utilized massively as flame retardants. They are
environmentally persistent, not easily degraded, bioaccumulate in the biological tissue of …

Toxic effects and mechanisms of polybrominated diphenyl ethers

J Xue, Q Xiao, M Zhang, D Li, X Wang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of flame retardants used in plastics,
textiles, polyurethane foam, and other materials. They contain two halogenated aromatic …

Exposure pathways, levels and toxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in humans: A review

Z Wu, C He, W Han, J Song, H Li, Y Zhang, X Jing… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are extensively used as brominated flame
retardants (BFRs) in different types of materials, which have been listed as Persistent …

A perspective on the potential health risks of PBDEs

TA McDonald - Chemosphere, 2002 - Elsevier
The polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) are a class of chemicals widely used as flame
retardants. Concentrations of PBDEs in some human and marine mammal populations are …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): new pollutants–old diseases

MA Siddiqi, RH Laessig, KD Reed - Clinical medicine & research, 2003 - Marshfield Clinic
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of recalcitrant and bioaccumulative
halogenated compounds that have emerged as a major environmental pollutant. PBDEs are …