Are some "safer alternatives" hazardous as PBTs? The case study of new flame retardants

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 306, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-246

  Gramatica, Paola ^a   Cassani, Stefano ^a   Sangion, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Hazard screening; PBT Index; Prioritization; QSARINS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; HAZARDS; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); CHEMICAL DESIGNS; DESIGN APPROACHES; MODELLING TOOLS; ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS; PBT INDEX; PRIORITIZATION; QSARINS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

9,10 DIHYDRO 9 OXA 10 PHOSPHAPHENANTHRENE 10 OXIDE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DIBROMOHEXACHLOROTRICYCLOTRIDECENE; ETIDRONIC ACID; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTAERYTHRITOL DIBROMIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RESORCINOL BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHATE); TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRI(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRI(2 CHLOROETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRIETHYLPHOSPHATE; TRIISOBUTYLPHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYLPHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLORO 1 METHYLETHYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; DESIGN; LEGISLATION; MODEL VALIDATION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; PERSISTENCE; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SCREENING;

EID: 84951777460     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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