An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment

CA De Wit - Chemosphere, 2002 - Elsevier
The presence of brominated flame retardant (BFR) chemicals, and particularly
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, dietary exposure, and toxicology.

PO Darnerud, GS Eriksen… - Environmental …, 2001 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used as flame retardants in plastics
(concentration, 5--30%) and in textile coatings. Commercial products consist predominantly …

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 …

Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants

F Rahman, KH Langford, MD Scrimshaw… - Science of the Total …, 2001 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ether, PBDE, flame retardants are now a world-wide pollution
problem reaching even remote areas. They have been found to bioaccumulate and there …

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 …

Potent Competitive Interactions of Some Brominated Flame Retardants and Related Compounds with Human Transthyretin in Vitro

IATM Meerts, JJ Van Zanden, EAC Luijks… - Toxicological …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Brominated flame retardants such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs),
pentabromophenol (PBP), and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) are produced in large …

多溴联苯醚及其环境问题

刘汉霞, 张庆华, 江桂斌, 蔡宗苇 - 化学进展, 2005 - manu56.magtech.com.cn
摘要多溴联苯醚(PBDEs) 是全球性的环境污染物, 对其环境问题的研究已成为当前环境科学的一
大热点, 而我国PBDEs 的研究刚刚起步. 本文介绍了多溴联苯醚的性质, 应用, 污染来源 …

In vitro estrogenicity of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated PDBEs, and polybrominated bisphenol A compounds.

IA Meerts, RJ Letcher, S Hoving, G Marsh… - Environmental …, 2001 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used in large quantities as additive flame
retardants in plastics and textile materials. PBDEs are persistent compounds and have been …

Occurrence and environmental behavior of the bactericide triclosan and its methyl derivative in surface waters and in wastewater

A Lindström, IJ Buerge, T Poiger… - … science & technology, 2002 - ACS Publications
The bactericide triclosan and methyl triclosan, an environmental transformation product
thereof, were detected in lakes and in a river in Switzerland at concentrations of up to 74 and …

Photolytic debromination of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209)

G Söderström, U Sellström, CA de Wit… - … science & technology, 2004 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) are commonly used flame retardants. During the
past years, concerns have increased due to their occurrence in the environment and …