Africa is blessed with natural and mineral resources, but exploitation of these resources has
led to extreme pollution of the environment. Population growth and urbanization due to …

Purpose In recent years, electronic waste has become the fastest growing waste stream
globally with potential deleterious environmental and public health effects from its …

The aim of this review is to present up-to-date research on children's exposure to
brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in indoor environments. Large geographical variations …

Background. Environmental impacts from informal e-waste recycling are increasing in Africa.
E-waste handling and disposal exposes people to highly toxic cocktails of heavy metals …

Chlorinated organic compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are a threat to
both humans and the environment because of their toxicity, persistence, and capacity for …

Organic contaminants often documented in house dust include mainly chemicals released
from construction materials and consumer products and compounds emitted from indoor …

Residue concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in different kinds of
samples including consumer products, indoor dust, sediment and fish collected from two e …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of organobromine compounds that are
used as flame retardants in many commonly used products. Their presence has been …

The occurrence levels of eight polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and four novel
brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) were determined and compared in indoor dust from …

World-wide, the prevalence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) is well documented for
routine analysis of environmental and biological matrices. There is, however, limited …