TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Brominated Flame Retardants A1 - Staskal, Daniele F. A1 - Birnbaum, Linda S. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2017 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e AB - The incidence of fire-related injuries, deaths, and economic damages has decreased over the past 25 years, partly because of fire prevention policies requiring flame retardant chemicals in many industrial products. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have routinely been added to consumer products for several decades to reduce fire-related incidents. They represent a major industry involving high-production chemicals with a wide variety of uses, yet all BFRs are not alike and often the only thing that they have in common is the presence of bromine. Concern for this emerging class of chemicals has been raised following a rapid increase of levels in the environment, wildlife, and people in combination with reports of developmental, reproductive and neurotoxicity, and endocrine disruption. Despite these concerns, little information is available on their sources, environmental behavior, and toxicity. Because of limited knowledge, few risk assessments have been completed. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141969928 ER -