Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in the environment and humans: a review

A Covaci, AC Gerecke, RJ Law… - … science & technology, 2006 - ACS Publications
Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) are brominated aliphatic cyclic hydrocarbons used as
flame retardants in thermal insulation building materials, upholstery textiles, and electronics …

Health consequences of exposure to brominated flame retardants: a systematic review

YR Kim, FA Harden, LML Toms, RE Norman - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), are chemicals widely used in
consumer products including electronics, vehicles, plastics and textiles to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Priority and emerging flame retardants in rivers: occurrence in water and sediment, Daphnia magna toxicity and risk assessment

J Cristale, AG Vázquez, C Barata, S Lacorte - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
The occurrence, partitioning and risk of eight polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), nine
new brominated (NBFRs) and ten organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) were …

Levels and trends of brominated flame retardants in the European environment

RJ Law, CR Allchin, J De Boer, A Covaci, D Herzke… - Chemosphere, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review those data which have recently become available for brominated
flame retardants (particularly the brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) and …

Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Pearl River Delta and adjacent South China Sea

Mai, Chen, Luo, Chen, Yang, Sheng, Peng… - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Spatial and temporal distributions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediments
of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and adjacent South China Sea (SCS) of southern China were …

Flame retardant emission from e-waste recycling operation in northern Vietnam: environmental occurrence of emerging organophosphorus esters used as alternatives …

H Matsukami, NM Tue, G Suzuki, M Someya… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Three oligomeric organophosphorus flame retardants (o-PFRs), eight monomeric PFRs (m-
PFRs), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were …

Anaerobic degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether

AC Gerecke, PC Hartmann, NV Heeb… - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
The environmental safety of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209), a widely used flame
retardant, has been the topic of controversial discussions during the past several years …

Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in water, surface sediments, and bivalves from the San Francisco Estuary

DR Oros, D Hoover, F Rodigari, D Crane… - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were found in water, surface sediments, and
bivalve samples that were collected from the San Francisco Estuary in 2002. ΣPBDE …

[PDF][PDF] Contaminación y calidad química del agua: el problema de los contaminantes emergentes

D Barceló, MJ López - … de presentación de resultados: el estado …, 2008 - elaguapotable.com
Contaminación y calidad química del agua: el problema de los contaminantes emergentes
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Brominated flame retardants in the atmosphere of the east-central United States

E Hoh, RA Hites - Environmental science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
Air samples were collected at five sites (urban, semiurban, agricultural, and remote) from
Lake Michigan through the US Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico every 12 days during 2002 …