Health toxicity effects of brominated flame retardants: From environmental to human exposure

J Feiteiro, M Mariana, E Cairrão - Environmental pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBP-A) are
brominated flame retardants widely used in variety of industrial and consumer products (eg …

[HTML][HTML] A review of chemical and microbial contamination in food: What are the threats to a circular food system?

A Thakali, JD MacRae - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
A circular food system is one in which food waste is processed to recover plant nutrients and
returned to the soil to enable the production of more food, rather than being diverted to …

A review on remedial measures for effective separation of emerging contaminants from wastewater

R Sivaranjanee, PS Kumar - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
In the previous few decades, new foreign substances of arising concern present in soil,
water and air have acquired critical consideration because of their antagonistic effect on the …

Brominated flame retardants–exposure and risk assessment for the general population

H Fromme, G Becher, B Hilger, W Völkel - International journal of hygiene …, 2016 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of different substances used in
numerous products to prevent fire hazards. Some of them are persistent in the environment …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the indoor and outdoor environments–a review on occurrence and human exposure

A Besis, C Samara - Environmental Pollution, 2012 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) constitute an important group of brominated flame
retardants that have been massively produced and extensively used in numerous everyday …

Perfluorinated compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticide contamination in composite food samples from Dallas, Texas, USA

A Schecter, J Colacino, D Haffner, K Patel… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objectives The objective of this article is to extend our previous studies of persistent organic
pollutant (POP) contamination of US food by measuring perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) …

Multi-class, multi-residue analysis of pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and novel flame …

Y Sapozhnikova, SJ Lehotay - Analytica chimica acta, 2013 - Elsevier
A multi-class, multi-residue method for the analysis of 13 novel flame retardants, 18
representative pesticides, 14 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, 16 polycyclic …

Relationships between polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations in house dust and serum

PI Johnson, HM Stapleton, A Sjodin… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been measured in the home environment
and in humans, but studies linking environmental levels to body burdens are limited. This …

Review of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) with a focus on legislation and recent publications concerning toxicokinetics and-dynamics

C Koch, T Schmidt-Kötters, R Rupp, B Sures - Environmental Pollution, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review recent publications regarding the toxicokinetics and-dynamics of the
flame retardant Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). HBCD has recently been listed as a …

Legacy and emerging brominated flame retardants in China: a review on food and human milk contamination, human dietary exposure and risk assessment

Z Shi, L Zhang, J Li, Y Wu - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are a large group of widely used chemicals, which have
been produced and used since 1970s. As a consequence of substantial and long-term …