Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

The list of organophosphate esters (OPEs) reported in the environment continues to expand
as evidenced by the increasing number of OPE studies in the literature. However, there …

Background The global production and use of plastic materials has increased dramatically
since the 1960s and there is increasing evidence of human health impacts related to …

The large-scale use of organophosphate esters (OPEs) as flame retardants and plasticizers
has led to their prevalence in the environment, with still unknown broader impacts. This …

Obesity is a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental components. The
prevailing view is that obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and …

Due to their toxicity and persistence, several families of brominated flame retardants (BFRs)
have been listed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention, a …

Commercial chemicals are used extensively across urban centres worldwide, posing a
potential exposure risk to 4.2 billion people. Harmful chemicals are often assessed on the …

Organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) have been widely used in industrial and
commercial applications. Unfortunately, the chemical constituents of OPFRs …

Since the phase-out of traditional halogenated flame retardants (HFRs), interests of research
are gradually being shifted to organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs), and this can be …

The deleterious effects of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation on construction materials,
especially wood and plastics, and the consequent impacts on their useful lifetimes, are well …