A review of environmental occurrence, fate, and toxicity of novel brominated flame retardants

P Xiong, X Yan, Q Zhu, G Qu, J Shi… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Use of legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), has been reduced due to adverse …

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs): A review on environmental contamination in China

G Yu, Q Bu, Z Cao, X Du, J Xia, M Wu, J Huang - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) which were detected extensively in environmental and
biota samples worldwide, have raised significant concerns during past decades for their …

[HTML][HTML] Release, transformation, and risk factors of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from landfills to the surrounding environments: A review

Y Zhang, B Xi, W Tan - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) serve as brominated flame retardants when added
to various products. When these products reach their end of life, a large amount of domestic …

Environmental contaminants of emerging concern in seafood–European database on contaminant levels

G Vandermeersch, HM Lourenço… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine pollution gives rise to concern not only about the environment itself but also about
the impact on food safety and consequently on public health. European authorities and …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the environment and human external and internal exposure in China: A review

Y Jiang, L Yuan, Q Lin, S Ma, Y Yu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are widely used as brominated flame retardants.
Because of their toxicity and persistence, some PBDEs were restricted under the Stockholm …

Bioconcentration, biotransformation, and thyroid endocrine disruption of decabromodiphenyl ethane (Dbdpe), a novel brominated flame retardant, in zebrafish larvae

X Wang, S Ling, K Guan, X Luo, L Chen… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
The brominated flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), an alternative to
decabrominated diphenyl ether (BDE209), has become a widespread environmental …

Novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in a tropical marine food web from the South China Sea: the influence of hydrophobicity and biotransformation on …

R Hou, Q Huang, Y Pan, L Lin, S Liu… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
The increasing discharge and ubiquitous occurrence of novel brominated flame retardants
(NBFRs) in aquatic environments have initiated intense global concerns; however, little …

Emerging and legacy flame retardants in UK indoor air and dust: evidence for replacement of PBDEs by emerging flame retardants?

F Tao, MAE Abdallah, S Harrad - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Concentrations of 27 emerging (EFRs) and legacy flame retardants (LFRs) were measured
in samples of indoor air (n= 35) and indoor dust (n= 77) from UK homes and offices. All …

Ecotoxicity and biodegradability of new brominated flame retardants: a review

M Ezechiáš, S Covino, T Cajthaml - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been routinely used as additives in a number of
consumer products for several decades in order to reduce the risk of fire accidents …

Legacy and emerging flame retardants (FRs) in the freshwater ecosystem: A review

M Iqbal, JH Syed, A Katsoyiannis, RN Malik… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review article, we have compiled and reviewed the previously published available
literature on environmental distribution, behaviour, fate and regional trends of legacy and …