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A tiny snap shot of the scientific studies released monthly. Thanks to the Cancer Prevention Society.
Halogenated flame retardants in the sediments of the lower Great Lakes and region-wide discoveries. [Halogenated FRs in the Great Lakes sediment amount to approximately 420 tonnes.]
Mitochondria Under Fire: Toxicological Mechanisms of Brominated Flame Retardants. [Conclusion: This underscores the urgent need for a paradigm shift toward mechanism-based risk assessment to prevent future cycles of hazardous chemical replacements and to guide the design of genuinely safer alternatives.]
Brominated organic compounds in leachate across China: Occurrence and molecular variations.
Human exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs): A meta-analytic review of levels and distribution.
Dermal Exposure to Organophosphorus Compounds in Home Video Game Controllers.
Embryonic Exposure to TPhP Elicits Osteotoxicity via Metabolic Disruption in Oryzias latipes.
Environmental and Food Safety Assessment of Pre-Harvest Activities in Local Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Farms in Northwest Portugal: Hazard Identification and Compliance with Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs).[Phosphorus flame retardants (PFRs), particularly tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP), were detected in all food and soil samples.]
Exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers during pregnancy and autism-related outcomes in the ECHO Cohort. [Prenatal exposure to OPEs, specifically BCPP and BBOEP (metabolites of TCPP & TBOEP) , may be associated with higher risk of autism diagnosis and related traits in childhood]
Effects of global treaties on commercial chemicals widely used as additives: a meta-analysis of historical measurements of polybrominated diphenyl ethers [Important paper published in the Lancet Planetary Health but not listed on PUBMED. The study highlights the need for more cautious and stringent chemical regulations and a unified global monitoring and management framework in the future, to better regulate commercial additives.
Transfer of Chlorinated Organophosphate Esters from Furniture Fabric to Indoor Dust via Direct Contact [Not yet listed on PUBMED]
Environmental and Food Safety Assessment of Pre-Harvest Activities in Local Small-Scale Fruit and Vegetable Farms in Northwest Portugal: Hazard Identification and Compliance with Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs). [Phosphorus flame retardants (PFRs), particularly tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP), were detected in all food and soil samples.]
Associations between exposure to brominated flame retardants and hyperlipidemia risk in U.S. Adults.
Biogeochemical Controls on Latitudinal (42°N to 70°S) and Depth Distribution of Organophosphate Esters in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans. [Very noteworthy showing the ubiquity of OPE contamination in the Atlantic ocean particularly TCPP]
Decabromodiphenyl ethane exposure-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction drives oxeiptosis in placental trophoblasts and induces fetal growth restriction. [Note: this is the replacement chemical for decaBDE]
High-Throughput Zebrafish Screening Reveals Cardiotoxic Effects of Organophosphate Flame Retardants.
Maternal organophosphate esters and sex steroid hormones in mid-pregnancy.
WE CALL UPON THE UK GOVERNMENT TO:
STOP
The requirement for the 'open flame' test which is almost impossible to pass without Chemical Flame Retardants
SWITCH
To harmonise our furniture fire safety regulations with the European General Product Safety Regulations
where a 'smouldering cigarette' test is used
We'll keep you informed on developments of fire safety

