Review of the environmental occurrence, analytical techniques, degradation and toxicity of TBBPA and its derivatives

ES Okeke, B Huang, G Mao, Y Chen, Z Zhengjia… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
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) …

Novel brominated flame retardants: a review of their analysis, environmental fate and behaviour

A Covaci, S Harrad, MAE Abdallah, N Ali, RJ Law… - Environment …, 2011 - Elsevier
This review summarises current knowledge about production volumes, physico-chemical
properties, analysis, environmental occurrence, fate and behaviour and human exposure to …

Sulfate radicals induced degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A with nanoscaled magnetic CuFe2O4 as a heterogeneous catalyst of peroxymonosulfate

Y Ding, L Zhu, N Wang, H Tang - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2013 - Elsevier
CuFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were prepared by sol–gel combustion method
with copper and iron nitrates as metal precursors and citrate acid as a complex agent. The …

A review of status of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in China

K Liu, J Li, S Yan, W Zhang, Y Li, D Han - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environment and in people: a meta-analysis of concentrations

RA Hites - Environmental science & technology, 2004 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used as flame retardants in many types of
consumer products. Perhaps as a result of their widespread use and their lipophilicity, these …

Components of plastic: experimental studies in animals and relevance for human health

CE Talsness, AJM Andrade… - … of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Components used in plastics, such as phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), are detected in humans. In …

Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review

N Ratola, A Cincinelli, A Alves… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012 - Elsevier
A wastewater treatment plant may receive various types of wastewater namely, urban,
industrial, agricultural, washout from the streets, wet or/and dry atmospheric deposition. As …

Occurrence and profiles of bisphenol analogues in municipal sewage sludge in China

S Song, M Song, L Zeng, T Wang, R Liu, T Ruan… - Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Extensive use of bisphenol A and its analogues has caused increasing concern over the
potential adverse health impacts of these chemicals. In this study, the presence and profiles …

Distribution and fate of HBCD and TBBPA brominated flame retardants in North Sea estuaries and aquatic food webs

S Morris, CR Allchin, BN Zegers… - … science & technology, 2004 - ACS Publications
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers (α-, β-,
and γ-HBCD) were investigated in effluents from sewage treatment works, landfill leachates …

Analytical and environmental aspects of the flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol-A and its derivatives

A Covaci, S Voorspoels, MAE Abdallah, T Geens… - … of Chromatography A, 2009 - Elsevier
The present article reviews the available literature on the analytical and environmental
aspects of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBP-A), a currently intensively used brominated flame …