The occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) contamination in soil, water/sediment, and air

Z Wu, W Han, X Yang, Y Li, Y Wang - Environmental Science and …, 2019 - Springer
As a kind of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
are extensively used in different types of electronic equipment, furniture, plastics, and …

Formal waste treatment facilities as a source of halogenated flame retardants and organophosphate esters to the environment: A critical review with particular focus on …

Y Ma, WA Stubbings, MAE Abdallah… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive use of halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) and organophosphate esters (OPEs)
has generated great concern about their adverse effects on environmental and ecological …

Probing legacy and alternative flame retardants in the air of Chinese cities

S Zhao, L Tian, Z Zou, X Liu, G Zhong… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of alternative flame retardants (FRs) are being introduced, following
the international bans on the use of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) commercial …

Spatial distribution of novel and legacy brominated flame retardants in soils surrounding two Australian electronic waste recycling facilities

TJ McGrath, PD Morrison, AS Ball… - … Science & Technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Informal recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) has been shown to cause significant
brominated flame retardant (BFR) contamination of surrounding soils in a number of Asian …

Concentrations of legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in indoor dust in Melbourne, Australia: an assessment of human exposure

TJ McGrath, PD Morrison, AS Ball, BO Clarke - Environment International, 2018 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and novel brominated flame retardants (NBFR)
have been used in a range of polymers to inhibit the spread of fires but also have a …

Persistent organic pollutants in the Antarctic coastal environment and their bioaccumulation in penguins

JK Mwangi, WJ Lee, LC Wang, PJ Sung, LS Fang… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and
dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated dibenzo-p …

Effects of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel on the toxic organic pollutant emissions from a diesel engine

YC Chang, WJ Lee, LC Wang, HH Yang, MT Cheng… - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This study describes a method for reducing the emissions of toxic organic pollutants from
heavy duty diesel engines fueled by biodiesel produced from waste cooking oil (WCO). An …

Endocrine disrupting compounds in gaseous and particulate outdoor air phases according to environmental factors

MJ Teil, E Moreau-Guigon, M Blanchard, F Alliot… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated, for the first time in France, the spatial and temporal patterns of 55
endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in ambient air at three sites (urban, suburban and …

Impact of high soot-loaded and regenerated diesel particulate filters on the emissions of persistent organic pollutants from a diesel engine fueled with waste cooking …

CY Chen, WJ Lee, LC Wang, YC Chang, HH Yang… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the impact on persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions from a
diesel engine when deploying a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) combined with an …

Occurrence of PBDEs in surface sediments of metropolitan rivers: sources, distribution pattern, and risk assessment

JO Cheng, FC Ko - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Sources, concentrations, and ecological risk of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
were investigated in surface sediments from 33 stations in Danshui River basin (Taiwan) in …