Halogenated flame retardants: do the fire safety benefits justify the risks?

S Shaw - Reviews on environmental health, 2010 - degruyter.com
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 …

Dechlorane plus and related compounds in the environment: a review

ED Sverko, GT Tomy, EJ Reiner, YF Li… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Dechlorane Plus (DP) is a high production volume, chlorinated flame retardant. Despite its
long production history, it was only recently found in the environment. The first “sightings” of …

Bioaccumulation of Dechloranes, organophosphate esters, and other flame retardants in Great Lakes fish

J Guo, M Venier, A Salamova, RA Hites - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
We measured the concentrations of 60 flame retardants (and related compounds) in fish
samples collected in the Great Lakes basin. These analytes include dechlorane-related …

An Asia-specific source of dechlorane plus: concentration, isomer profiles, and other related compounds

DG Wang, M Yang, H Qi, ED Sverko… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
The distribution of dechloranes, a group of chlorinated flame retardants, were investigated in
air, soil, and sediment around a newly discovered Dechlorane Plus (DP) production facility …

Sources and environmental behavior of dechlorane plus—a review

Q Xian, S Siddique, T Li, Y Feng, L Takser… - Environment international, 2011 - Elsevier
Intensive research has been carried out in the past few years on the occurrence and
behavior of dechlorane plus (DP) in the environment, biota and humans. This review …

Microplastics and microfibers in the sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant

J Bayo, S Olmos, J López-Castellanos… - International Journal of …, 2016 - witpress.com
The presence of microplastics and synthetic microfibers in the environment is increasing,
causing an accumulation in the food chain because their ingestion by different organisms in …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers vs alternate brominated flame retardants and dechloranes from East Asia to the Arctic

A Möller, Z Xie, M Cai, G Zhong… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Marine boundary layer air and seawater samples taken during a polar expedition cruise
from East China Sea to the Arctic were analyzed in order to compare the occurrence …

Emerging brominated flame retardants in the sediment of the Great Lakes

R Yang, H Wei, J Guo, A Li - Environmental Science & Technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
The concentrations of 13 currently used brominated flame retardants (BFRs) were analyzed
in 16 sediment cores collected from the North American Great Lakes. Among them, 1, 2-bis …

Concentration and bioaccumulation of dechlorane compounds in coastal environment of northern China

H Jia, Y Sun, X Liu, M Yang, D Wang, H Qi… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Dechloranes, including Dechlorane Plus (DP), Mirex (Dechlorane), Dechlorane 602 (Dec
602), Dechlorane 603 (Dec 603), and Dechlorane 604 (Dec 604), were determined using …

Sources and environmental behaviors of Dechlorane Plus and related compounds—A review

P Wang, Q Zhang, H Zhang, T Wang, H Sun… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Although Dechlorane Plus (DP) has been used as a polychlorinated flame retardant
for almost half a century, its detection in the environment was not reported until 2006. The …