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Advances in the study of current-use non-PBDE brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in the environment and humans

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The fate of the high production volume, currently in use, and not regulated non-polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, such as tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and dechlorane plus (DP), and the alternative flame retardants of PBDE, such as BTBPE and DBDPE, in the environment has attracted increasing attention and aroused concern due to the increasing regulation and phasing-out of PBDEs. This paper reviews the distribution, bioaccumulation, human exposure and environmental behavior of those non-PBDE flame retardants in various environmental compartments. The data gaps and needs for future research are discussed.

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Luo, X., Chen, S., Mai, B. et al. Advances in the study of current-use non-PBDE brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in the environment and humans. Sci. China Chem. 53, 961–973 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-010-0174-0

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