Hexabromocyclododecane: Current understanding of chemistry, environmental fate and toxicology and implications for global management

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8613-8623

  Marvin, Christopher H ^a   Tomy, Gregg T ^b,c   Armitage, James M ^d,e   Arnot, Jon A ^d   McCarty, Lynn ^f   Covaci, Adrian ^g   Palace, Vince ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f LS McCarty Scientific Research and Consulting   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL MANAGEMENT; HALF LIVES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LOW WATER; MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING; ORGANIC PHASIS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMOTE LOCATION; SOURCE REGION; STOCKHOLM; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEXTILE PRODUCTS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSTYRENES; TEXTILE FINISHING; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF LIFE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYROID TOXICITY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054680306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201548c     Document Type: Article

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