Environmental release and behavior of brominated flame retardants.

By I. Watanabe, S. Sakai. Environment International, 2003

665 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Polymers and Plastics

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/62bcdb75903478894893dcac0f47180d0d2ada4a

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

1. P. Ross
2. K. Vorkamp
3. D. Herzke
4. C. D. de Wit

In Polymers and Plastics

1. P. Ross
2. D. Herzke
3. C. D. de Wit

Citations in the corpus

• Fireproof killer whales (Orcinus orca): flame-retardant chemicals and the conservation imperative in the charismatic icon of British Columbia, Canada (2006, background): “Although the “heavier” deca-PBDE product (consisting largely of BDE-209) was thought by some to be immobile in the environment and resistant to degradation (Hardy 2002, 2005), recent research would suggest otherwise, raising the spectre of increased exposures in biota as PBDE use continues (Law et a”
• Nanomaterials in the construction industry: a review of their applications and environmental health and safety considerations. (2010, background): “commercial products has been previously reported, including lead from paint,(39) organo-tin from ship hull paint,(40) Ni Cd from batteries,(41) asbestos from tiles,(42) bisphenol A from food containers,(43) phthalates from plastics,(44) and PBDEs from fabrics.(45) Assessing environ-”
• Novel brominated flame retardants: a review of their analysis, environmental fate and behaviour. (2011, methodology): “Hexabromobenzene (HBB) was widely used in Japan as an additive FR to paper, woods, textiles, electronic and plastic goods, but at present it is used at lower volumes (350 tons in 2001) (Watanabe et al., 1986; Yamaguchi et al., 1988a; Watanabe and Sakai, 2003).”
• An overview of commercially used brominated flame retardants, their applications, their use patterns in different countries/regions and possible modes of release. (2003, background): “The use of Penta-BDE was voluntarily withdrawn from the Japanese market (Watanabe and Sakai, 2001) and has been banned in Europe as of 2003 (EU, 2001; EP, 2002).”
• Brominated flame retardants in the Arctic environment--trends and new candidates. (2010, background): “Japan has used HxBBz as an additive flame retardant to paper, plastic and electronic goods and it is still used in low volumes (350 tons in 2001) (Watanabe and Sakai, 2003).”