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BSEF, The International Bromine Council, is happy to announce that its secretariat will be moving to a new address in January 2019 - rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 40, box17, 1000 Brussels - in the heart of the EU quarter. The new building offers an incredible, modern and comfortable...

Background In March 2015, TBBPA was included in the EU’s “Community Rolling Action Plan” (CoRAP) for Evaluation under REACH (1907/2006/EC), the EU‘s framework legislation on chemicals. The reasons for the Evaluation were given as “suspected toxicity to reproduction, potential to be an endocrine disruptor, suspected PBT/vPvB...

BSEF members – Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL Group - will participate in the largest international trade fair for plastics and rubber taking place from 19 to 26 October in Dusseldorf, Germany. The companies will showcase their innovative bromine based solutions and their increasingly sustainable product...

BSEF, The International Bromine Council, today formally joined Cefic, as an affiliate association, focused on promoting bromine-based technologies. This new arrangement will help reinforce the bromine industry dialogue with policy makers and stakeholders across a range of bromine technologies from energy storage and mercury emission control to fire...

On 20 April 2016 the Bromine Science Environmental Forum (BSEF) celebrates a new chapter in the organisation’s history with the opening of a global headquarters in Brussels spear-headed by new Secretary General, Kevin Bradley and the launch of a revamped, user-friendly website. Previously President of the Nickel Institute,...

Recently, the BBC released a radio broadcast on the element Bromine. You can access the full podcast here. Bromine is part of the halogen group of the periodic table but it is probably not as well-known as other elements of this group such as fluorine (used...