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HERO ID
779443
Reference Type
Journal Article
Subtype
Review
Title
An overview of commercially used brominated flame retardants, their applications, their use patterns in different countries/regions and possible modes of release
Author(s)
Alaee, M
Year
2003
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Environment International
ISSN:
0160-4120
EISSN:
1873-6750
Volume
29
Issue
6
Page Numbers
683-689
Language
English
PMID
12850087
DOI
10.1016/s0160-4120(03)00121-1
Web of Science Id
WOS:000184334300003
URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/overview-commercially-used-brominated-flame/docview/73515319/se-2
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Abstract
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are used in a variety of consumer products and several of those are produced in large quantities. These compounds have been detected in environmental samples, which can be attributed to the anthropogenic uses of these compounds. Brominated flame retardants are produced via direct bromination of organic molecules or via addition of bromine to alkenes; hence, an overview of the production and usage of bromine over the past three decades is covered. Production, application, and environmental occurrence of high production brominated flame retardants including Tetrabromobisphenol A, polybrominated biphenyls, Penta-, Octa-, Deca-brominated diphenyl ether (oxide) formulation and hexabromocyclododecane are discussed.
Keywords
brominated flame retardants; usage; application; polybrominated biphenyls; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; tetrabromobisphenol A; hexabromocyclododecane
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Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
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OPPT_Cyclic Aliphatic Bromine Cluster (HBCD)_C. Engineering
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OPPT_Cyclic Aliphatic Bromine Cluster (HBCD)_D. Exposure
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Peer review
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OPPT_Cyclic Aliphatic Bromine Cluster (HBCD)_E. Fate
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OPPT_Cyclic Aliphatic Bromine Cluster (HBCD)_F. Human Health
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Nanoscale Carbon
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