Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples—a review

A Covaci, S Voorspoels, J de Boer - Environment international, 2003 - Elsevier
Analytical methods for the determination of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), with a
special emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are reviewed. A number of …

Levels and trends of polybrominated diphenylethers and other brominated flame retardants in wildlife

RJ Law, M Alaee, CR Allchin, JP Boon, M Lebeuf… - Environment …, 2003 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review the available data for polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) and
other flame retardants in wildlife, with the exception of fishes from Europe and North America …

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 …

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 …

A global review of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant contamination in birds

D Chen, RC Hale - Environment international, 2010 - Elsevier
As a consequence of substantial, long-term usage, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
have contaminated humans, wildlife, and abiotic matrices around the world. Although …

Modern developments in gas chromatography–mass spectrometry-based environmental analysis

FJ Santos, MT Galceran - Journal of Chromatography A, 2003 - Elsevier
Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC–MS) continues to play an
important role in the identification and quantification of organic contaminants in …

Solar photodecomposition of decabromodiphenyl ether: products and quantum yield

J Bezares-Cruz, CT Jafvert, I Hua - Environmental Science & …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) is a widely used flame retardant, yet information
regarding its environmental transformation rates and pathways are largely unknown …

Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in animals representing different trophic levels of the North Sea food web

JP Boon, WE Lewis, MR Tjoen-A-Choy… - Environmental …, 2002 - ACS Publications
The levels of individual PBDE congeners were investigated in the invertebrate species
whelk (Buccinum undatum), seastar (Asterias rubens), and hermit crab (Pagurus …

Polybrominated diphenyl ether in the East Asian environment: a critical review

Y Wang, G Jiang, PKS Lam, A Li - Environment international, 2007 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been extensively used as flame retardants in
consumer goods. Sufficient evidence shows that PBDEs have been rapidly accumulating in …

Levels and trends of HBCD and BDEs in the European and Asian environments, with some information for other BFRs

RJ Law, D Herzke, S Harrad, S Morris, P Bersuder… - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review recent data for brominated flame retardants (particularly BDEs,
HBCD and TBBP-A) in samples from the European and Asian environments, including …