Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Abstract This paper reports the results of a pilot study of polybrominated flame retardents in household dust collected for a small sample of households in Plymouth. It finds significant levels of pentaBDE especially in bedrooms. The most likely cause is the continued use of pentaBDE within polyurethane foam in mattresses and other bedroom furniture, in spite of the ban by the European Court of Justice in 2004. Further work is called for in order to examine whether this reflects the widespread continued

Among all the different types of flame retardants, halogenated organic compounds are most commonly used in flame retardant industry. These halogenated organic compounds contain bromine or chlorine attached to their carbon atoms. Major uses of theses flame retardants by volume in United States are():  Electronics  Building Insulation  Polyurethane Foam  Wires and Cables Out of all the flame retardants, the brominated flame retardants are used extensively used in the market because of their high

Most individuals are not aware of the things that are bad for the body until a noticeable reaction occurs. With this in mind, endocrine disrupting chemicals are chemicals that interfere with our endocrine system causing a problem. Therefore, in this paper, I plan to inform you about three endocrine disruptors that are bad for the human body known as flame retardants, phytoestrogens and triclosan. I will contain information about the chemicals found, products that they are located in and the effect

Poisons: Obesogens they include Bisphenol A (BPA), Phthalates (e.g., DEHP), Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Perfluoroalkyls (e.g., PFOS & PFOA). Physical agents Lack of energy balance, the amount of energy in does not equal the output. Infectious agents Adenovirus Ad-36 is the first human virus reported to cause obesity in animals;

The phrase “mad as a hatter” derives from a few places, one of them being the hat-shaping business of Danbury, Connecticut. The worker’s jobs were to shape hats, and they were being exposed to many toxic elements while doing so. “After years spent shaping hats, these workers began exhibiting signs of neurological damage—stumbling, slurred speech, and shaking that became known in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, once the hat-making capital of the world, as the Danbury Shakes’” (Belli 1). After many

“Plastic Pollution in the World’s Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea” Scientist have now begun research on the mass production of plastic and the accumulation of plastic in our oceans. There are several ways plastic can degrade into micro-plastic. For example photodegradtion and weathering processes can increase the designation of plastic materials causing them to become microscopic. Common locations where scientists are discovering mass quantities

There has been a collection of environmental chemicals that have been implicated in ASD development such as: arsenic, lead, manganese, mercury, pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and solvents (Dietert et al,

Introduction The Great Lakes, though fairly clean, are contaminated with some deadly chemicals that have slipped by human filtration into the lakes. These emerging chemicals have been determined to pose some health risk to humans and surrounding ecosystems and are used by society, but are unregulated or inadequately regulated retardants (Miller-Branovacki, Lindsay, "Water Resources and Urban Waste Water (Week #8)"). More specifically an emerging contaminant is one which is not historically widely

for lubrication on farming equipment such as tractors, air compressors, pumps, and other agricultural machinery however it was later found to be harmful to the environment and cause cancer to animals (ATSDR). The list continues on with polybrominated diphenyl ethers which is a flame retardant, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins which is used as a herbicide, and ammonium perfluorooctanoate which is a pesticide. With all of these chemicals in the water it puts China at one of the highest polluted countries

as learning and memory problems. Additional environmental chemicals are widespread in the United States for both kids and adults, are being studied for potential effects on neurological development. They are organophosphate pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants (PBDEs), phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), arsenic, and