PBDEs are human-influenced chemicals utilized massively as flame retardants. They are
environmentally persistent, not easily degraded, bioaccumulate in the biological tissue of …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are continuously being introduced into wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs), even though commercial PBDE mixtures have already been …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are categorized as a group of brominated flame
retardants that cause hazardous health impacts but are still being used consistently …

This study is the first attempt to comprehensively investigate deca-BDE and alternative flame
retardants in a wastewater treatment plant in such a long term in China (2009–2016) …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is considered to be an important medium for the
transport and transformation of organic pollutants. This study attempted to comprehensively …

We investigated the effect of sewage treatment plant effluent on the distribution and
accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the marine environment …

Past usage of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane
(HBCDD) in commercial products resulted in their continuous emission from sources …

Purpose Long-term microscale field experiments established at four sites in the Czech
Republic (since 1996) were used for an assessment of the severity of the wide-scale …

This study evaluates the occurrence of flame retardants (FR) in five wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs) located close to Barcelona (NE Spain), an area with high urban and …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role in minimizing the release of
many pollutants into the environment. Nineteen congeners in two WWTPs in Korea were …