| ANALYSIS OF BROMINATED DIOXINS AND FURANS
Poster Dioxins 2004
"Brominated flame
retardants in end-of-life management:
not problematic regarding formation of brominated dioxins/furans"
- GfA Gesellschaft fur Arbeitsplatz- und Umweltanalytik mbH. 1999
“Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and PBDD/Fs
during the recycling of high impact polystyrene containing decabromodiphenyl
ether and antimony oxide”
The data demonstrate that under the conditions employed a typical
HIPS/Sb2O3/DecaBDE plastic can be recycledat least 5 consecutive
times without debromination of the flame retardant DecaBDE to lower
brominated diphenyl ethers and fully maintaining the plastics fire
safety. The reprocessed (recycled) plastic was found to fully comply
with the German Chemicals Banning Ordinance on the formation of
PBDD/Fs.
Abstract:
A high impact polystyrene (HIPS) plastic, flame retarded with decabromodiphenyl
ether (DecaBDE) and antimony trioxide has been repeatedly processed
and the amount of debromination of the flame retardant and possible
formation of PBDD/F was monitored […]. The amount of PBDD/F
formed during processing of plastic/FR combinations strongly depends
on the processing conditions, namely the processing temperature
and the purity of the flame retardant. The conditions employed in
this study represent conditions typically used for the processing
of HIPS/Sb2O3/DecaBDE formulations.
- Pinkerton et al. 1989. A preliminary report on the investigation
of the comparative toxicity of combustion products of high impact
polystyrene with and without decabromodiphenyl oxide/antimony
trioxide as a flame retardant using 2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin
and 2,3,78-tetrabromodibenzofuran as positive controls. Chemosphere
1-6:1243-9
- Hardy et al. 1990. 2,3,7,8-Tetrabromodibenzofurn (TBDF): 4
week subchronic study in the rat. Organohalgoen Compounds 1:313-6
- Ivens et al. 1993. Subchronic toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin
in rats. Toxicology 83(1-3):181-201
- Ranken et al. 1994. Definitive study of the determination of
polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polybrominated dibenzofurans
in decabromodiphenyl oxide and tetrabromobisphenol A. Bull Soc
Chim Belg. 103(5-6):219-33 [European Section].
- PBDD/F in a commercial polymer extrusion facility. 1988. Reported
in WHO 1994.
- McAllister et al. 1990. Analysis of polymers containing brominated
dipenyl ethers as flame retardants after molding under various
conditions. Chemosphere 20(10-12):1537-41.
- Tondeur et al. 1990. Analytical procedures for the determination
of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in tetrabromobisphenol
A and 1,4,6-tribromophenol. Organohalogen Compounds 2:373-6.
|
