A review of environmental occurrence, fate, and toxicity of novel brominated flame retardants

P Xiong, X Yan, Q Zhu, G Qu, J Shi… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Use of legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), has been reduced due to adverse …

Occurrence, bioaccumulation, fate, and risk assessment of novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in aquatic environments—A critical review

R Hou, L Lin, H Li, S Liu, X Xu, Y Xu, X Jin, Y Yuan… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs), which have been developed as replacements
for legacy flame retardants such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), are a class of …

Fate of bisphenol A in terrestrial and aquatic environments

J Im, FE Löffler - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Bisphenol A (2, 2-bis [4-hydroxyphenyl] propane, BPA), the monomer used to produce
polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, is weakly estrogenic and therefore of environmental …

Effects of heavy metals as stress factors on anaerobic digestion processes and biogas production from biomass

A Mudhoo, S Kumar - International Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2013 - Springer
Heavy metals affect the biochemical reactions that take place during anaerobic digestion
processes of organic matter. In this review, the different effects observed in anaerobic …

Insights into the occurrence, fate, and impacts of halogenated flame retardants in municipal wastewater treatment plants

G Xu, X Zhao, S Zhao, C Chen, MJ Rogers… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) have been extensively used in various consumer
products and many are classified as persistent organic pollutants due to their resistance to …

Ecotoxicity and biodegradability of new brominated flame retardants: a review

M Ezechiáš, S Covino, T Cajthaml - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been routinely used as additives in a number of
consumer products for several decades in order to reduce the risk of fire accidents …

Facile synthesis of a Co/Fe bi-MOFs/CNF membrane nanocomposite and its application in the degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A

C Hou, W Chen, L Fu, S Zhang, C Liang, Y Wang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a sulfate radical-advanced oxidation process (SR-AOP) was proposed by
utilizing a bimetallic Co/Fe metal-organic frameworks/cellulose nanofiber membrane (Co/Fe …

Cobalt catalyzed peroxymonosulfate oxidation of tetrabromobisphenol A: kinetics, reaction pathways, and formation of brominated by-products

Y Ji, D Kong, J Lu, H Jin, F Kang, X Yin… - Journal of hazardous …, 2016 - Elsevier
Degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a flame retardant widely spread in the
environment, in Co (II) catalyzed peroxymonosulfate (PMS) oxidation process was …

Performance and mechanisms for tetrabromobisphenol A efficient degradation in a novel homogeneous advanced treatment based on S2O42− activated by Fe3+

W Song, M Li, S Xu, Z Wang, J Li, X Zhang, W Qiu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a representative brominated flame retardant (BFR),
generally could be debrominated and degraded effectively in photolysis systems with the …

Distribution of metals and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in sediments, soils and plants from an informal e-waste dismantling site, South China

J Wang, L Liu, J Wang, B Pan, X Fu, G Zhang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and
tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)) and metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Hg and As) in sediments …