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Indoor Contamination with Hexabromocyclododecanes, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, and Perfluoroalkyl Compounds: An Important Exposure Pathway for People? [PDF]

, 2010
This review underlines the importance of indoor contamination as a pathway of human exposure to hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs).
Abdallah M., Abdallah M. A., Abdallah M. A.-E., Akutsu K., Allen J. G., Allen J. G., Allen J. G., Bakker M. I., Batterman S. A., Birnbaum L. S., Björklund J. A., Canton R. F., Christiansson A., Covaci A., Currado G. M., Currado G. M., Darnerud P. O., de Wit C. A., de Wit C. A., Dreyer A., Eljarrat E., Ema M., Fischer D., Frederiksen M., Fromme H., Fromme H., Gevao B., Gevao B., Gewurtz S. B., Geyer H. J., Giesy J. P., Goosey E., Gouin T., Harrad S., Harrad S., Harrad S., Harrad S., Harrad S., Hazrati S., Hites R. A., Huwe J. K., Imm P., Jahnke A., Jones-Otazo H. A., Karlsson M., Kato K., Kemmlein S., Kemmlein S., Kissa E., Kubwabo C., Lagalante A. F., Law R. J., Lilienthal H., Lorber M., Main K. M., Mandalakis M., Mandalakis M., Mandalakis M., Mandalakis M., Olsen G. W., Oono S., Petreas M., Prevedouros K., Roosens L., Roosens L., Rudel R. A., Saito I., Shoeib M., Shoeib M., Stanek E. J., Stanek E. J., Stapleton H. M., Stapleton H. M., Stapleton H. M., Stapleton H. M., Strynar M. J., Suzuki G., Tao S., Thomas G. O., Thomsen C., Thuresson K., Toms L. M., Toms L. M. L., Toms L.-M., Trudel D., Turyk M. E., van der Ven L. T. M., Vestergren R., Vestergren R., Volland G., Washburn S. T., Webster T. F., Wensing M., Wilford B. H., Wilford B. H., Wu N., Zhang X.   +96 more
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Advancing Wildfire‐Retardant Materials: Engineering Strategies for Direct and Indirect Suppression

Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 27, Issue 21, November 2025.
Here, the evolution, ecological impact, and performance of current fire‐retardant materials and suppression strategies are reviewed, offering an engineering perspective to address existing challenges and propose pathways for the development of more effective, scalable, and sustainable solutions to meet the demands of a changing climate. Wildfires cause
Changxin Dong, Samya Sen, Athena Kolli, Stewart G. Wilson, Eric Andrew Appel   +4 more
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Chlorinated organophosphate and “legacy” brominated flame retardants in UK waste soft furnishings: A preliminary study

Emerging Contaminants, 2016
The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 is the major driver for the use of chemical flame retardants (FRs) in soft furnishings marketed in the UK.
William A. Stubbings, Daniel S. Drage, Stuart Harrad   +2 more
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Apoptosis induction on human hepatoma cells Hep G2 of decabrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE-209) [PDF]

, 2007
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are an important class of halogenated organic brominated flame retardants. Because of their presence in abiotic and biotic environments widely and their structural similarity to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs ...
Hu, De-Cong, Hu, Xiao-Zhong, Hui, Yang, Xu, Y, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, State Key Lab Freshwater Ecol & Biotechnol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China, Xu, Ying, Yang, Fang-Xing   +5 more
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Ensayos toxicológicos de retardantes de flama polibromados (PBDEs) sobre el caracol manzana [PDF]

, 2013
Los éteres de difenil polibromados (PBDEs), son un grupo de compuestos químicos industriales que pertenecen a la familia de los retardantes de llama bromados (BFRs) y comprenden 209 congéneres en función del número de bromos asociados y su posición ...
Arrigoni, María Paula
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Does the source migration pathway of HBCDs to household dust influence their bioaccessibility? [PDF]

, 2016
A study was conducted to assess the human bioaccessibility of dust contaminated with hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) via two migration pathways a) volatilisation with subsequent partitioning to dust particles, and b) abrasion of treated textile fibres ...
Abdallah, Abdallah, Ali, Allen, Bakker, Boutrup, Camenisch, Cassie Rauert, Chris D. Collins, Clausen, Collins, Covaci, Duggan, Duggan, EPA), U. S. E. P. A. U, Fang, Hamel, Jones-Otazo, Kajiwara, Keller, Oomen, Palace, Poster, Rauert, Rauert, Rauert, Roosens, Roze, Ruby, Ruby, Saegusa, Schreder, Schripp, Sonia García-Alcega, Stuart Harrad, Suzuki, Testa, U.S.EPA, U.S.EPA, U.S.EPA, Van de Wiele, Van den Eede, Webster, Weschler, Yamamoto, Yu, Yu, Yu, Zhang   +48 more
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid function in older adults

Environment International, 2015
Current understanding of the thyroid disruptive properties of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), particularly in aging populations, is limited. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess associations between thyroid function, as measured by serum ...
Srishti Shrestha, Michael S. Bloom, Recai Yucel, Richard F. Seegal, Qian Wu, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Robert Rej, Edward F. Fitzgerald   +7 more
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The impact of process variables on the removal of PBDEs and NPEOs during simulated activated sludge treatment [PDF]

, 2007
Sewage effluent is known to be a major source of endocrine disrupting compounds entering the aquatic environment. More efficient wastewater treatment could reduce the environmental load but, in order to achieve this factors determining compound behaviour
Langford, KH, Lester, JN, Scrimshaw, MD
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Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Surface Water and Sediment of Nahoon River Estuary, South Africa [PDF]

, 2021
Chinemerem Ruth Ohoro, Abiodun Adeniji, Lucy Semerjian, Anthony I. Okoh, Omobola O. Okoh   +4 more
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CCQM-K102: polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment

Metrologia, 2017
The key comparison CCQM-K102: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment was coordinated by the JRC, Directorate F - Health, Consumers & Reference Materials, Geel (Belgium) under the auspices of the Organic Analysis Working Group (OAWG) of the Comité Consultatif pour la Quantité de Matière (CCQM).
Marina Ricci, Penka Shegunova, Patrick Conneely, Roland Becker, Mauricio Maldonado Torres, Mariana Arce Osuna, Tang Po On, Lee Ho Man, Song-Yee Baek, Byungjoo Kim, Christopher Hopley, Camilla Liscio, John Warren, Véronique Le Diouron, Sophie Lardy-Fontan, Béatrice Lalere, Shao Mingwu, John Kucklick, Veronica Vamathevan, Shigetomo Matsuyama, Masahiko Numata, Martin Brits, Laura Quinn, Maria Fernandes-Whaley, Ahmet Ceyhan Gören, Burcu Binici, Leonid Konopelko, Anatoli Krylov, Alena Mikheeva   +28 more
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