As many people spend a large part of their life indoors, the quality of the indoor environment
is important. Data on contaminants such as flame retardants, pesticides and plasticizers are …

Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) have been detected in various environmental
matrices and have been identified as emerging contaminants (EC). Given the adverse …

Many polymers, especially polyurethane foam and fiber fabric, are particularly easy to burn
and generate a large number of droplets leading to the rapid spread of the fire. Therefore …

Since the ban on some brominated flame retardants (BFRs), phosphorus flame retardants
(PFRs), which were responsible for 20% of the flame retardant (FR) consumption in 2006 in …

In the past few decades, the toxic effects of environmental pollutants on non-target
organisms have received more and more attention. As a new omics technology …

While our current generation continues to make efforts to remediate and minimize traditional
pollutants in the environment, other “emerging” environmental contaminants are now …

Polyurethane foam is a polymeric material having cellular structure. Multifunctional
polyurethane foams reinforced with nanofiller have combined enhanced specific properties …

Hormone active agents constitute a dangerous class of pollutants. Among them, those
agents that mimic the action of estrogens on target cells and are part of the group of …

Higher house dust levels of PBDE flame retardants (FRs) have been reported in California
than other parts of the world, due to the state's furniture flammability standard. However …

There is a dearth of information regarding the pollution status of emerging organophosphate
esters (OPEs) in wild fish. Here, we optimized and validated a quick, easy, cheap, effective …