Bio-based flame retardants represent one of the most promising directions for next-
generation flame retardants due to their sustainability, environmental benefits and …

BFRs (brominated flame retardants) are a class of compounds that are added to or applied
to polymeric materials to avoid or reduce the spread of fire. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) …

Abstract Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBP-A) are
brominated flame retardants widely used in variety of industrial and consumer products (eg …

The first spatially and temporally resolved inventory of BDE28, 47, 99, 153, 183, and 209 in
the anthroposphere and environment is presented here. The stock and emissions of PBDE …

Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) is a toxic environmental pollutant that can cause
neurotoxicity, behavioral abnormalities, and cognitive impairment in animals. However, the …

This review summarises current knowledge about production volumes, physico-chemical
properties, analysis, environmental occurrence, fate and behaviour and human exposure to …

A broad spectrum of organic chemicals is essential to modern society. Once discharged from
industrial, domestic and urban sources into the urban wastewater collection system they …

Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a currently intensively used brominated flame retardant
(BFR), is employed primarily as a reactive flame retardant in printed circuit boards but also …

Since the 1970s, an increasing number of regulations have expanded the use of brominated
and chlorinated flame retardants. Many of these chemicals are now recognized as global …

Components used in plastics, such as phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), are detected in humans. In …