Evidence of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) relevant substances in polymeric food-contact articles sold on the European market

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 410-426

  Puype, Franky ^a   Samsonek, Jiří ^a   Knoop, Jan ^b   Egelkraut Holtus, Marion ^b   Ortlieb, Markus ^b  

^a Institute for Testing and Certification   (Czech Republic)

^b Shimadzu Europa GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuated total reflectance Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy; brominated flame retardants; food contact materials; inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy; plasma spectroscopy; polymer recycling; pyrolysis mass spectrometry; rare earth elements; thermal desorption; waste electric and electronic equipment; waste management; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BROMINE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME RETARDANTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECYCLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESORPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER RECYCLING; PYROLYSIS MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; ANTIMONY; BROMINE; CERIUM; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHER; DYSPROSIUM; FLAME RETARDANT; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; NEODYMIUM; POLYMER; PRASEODYMIUM; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; 1,2-BIS(2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BROMOBENZENE; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; EUROPEAN; FOOD CONTACT ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUROPE; FOOD PACKAGING; RECYCLING;

ANTIMONY; BROMINE; BROMOBENZENES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUROPE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD PACKAGING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84927690878     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2015.1009499     Document Type: Article

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