The non-halogenated flame retardants market is on a strong growth trajectory, driven by rising fire safety regulations, ...

Halogenated flame retardants, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are known to pose a health risk to children. Previous studies have found that exposure to these chemicals can cause lower IQ ...

Researchers at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) have now filled a gap in the click-chemistry toolbox, creating a selection of nine halogenated azidopyridines that could become useful building blocks for ...

MW Anders, Inga Jakobson, Biotransformation of halogenated solvents, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 11, Supplement 1. Proceeding of the International Conference on Organic ...

Humans are not the only ones who produce halogenated organic pollutants Date: July 1, 2016 Source: Universitaet Tübingen Summary: Organohalogens like perchloroethene and trichloroethene are ...

REACH also restricts a few specific halogenated flame retardants including penta-BDE and octa-BDE. In addition, there are so far three that are Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC): HBCDD, SCCP, and ...

This week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to form an advisory panel and begin drafting a rule to restrict the use of halogenated flame retardants in four consumer product ...

“Halogenated flame retardants” is defined in the Regulation as a flame retardant (i.e., “a substance that markedly retards the propagation of a flame”) containing any halogen.

Currently the EU regulations that restrict certain halogenated flame retardants are RoHS and REACH. RoHS currently restricts PBB and PBDE with no exemptions. The proposed recast will not include ...

As is the case with many industries, thermal and catalytic oxidizers are widely applied air-pollution control devices used throughout the pharmaceutical industry for the destruction of hydrocarbons.