Brominated Flame Retardants

Brominated flame retardants

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Brominated and Chlorinated Flame Retardants

1International POPs Elimination Network, Berkeley, California, USA; 2Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; 3Green Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, California, USA; 4Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, and 5Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; 6Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berke...

Brominated flame retardants--safety at what cost?

A population-based study of human immunodefi ciency virus in south India reveals major diff erences from sentinel surveillance-based estimates. Study Group. Declining HIV infection rates among recently married primigravid women in Pune, India. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of brominated compounds (209 congeners) that are typically used as fl ame retardants in the manufactur...

Brominated Flame Retardants Rising Levels of Concern

Brominated flame retardants: cause for concern?

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have routinely been added to consumer products for several decades in a successful effort to reduce fire-related injury and property damage. Recently, concern for this emerging class of chemicals has risen because of the occurrence of several classes of BFRs in the environment and in human biota. The widespread production and use of BFRs; strong evidence of in...