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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Hexabromocyclodecane (HBCD) in composite U.S. food samples [1]

Production and use of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants has been reduced or eliminated because of concerns about health effects of these environmentally persistent compounds, but hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardants are still in wide use. Schecter et al.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Arnold Schecter [2], Darrah Haffner [3], Justin Colacino & et al [4]
Environmental Health Perspectives [5]
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Food Contamination [6], Health [7], Pesticides And Toxins [8], United States Of America (US) [9]
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