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Alternatives to brominated flame retardants

1. Preamble

Preamble

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has requested COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners to screen the readily available literature and databases for information on environmental and health properties for alternatives to brominated flame retardants.

The present project compiles data of environmental and health effects of alternatives to brominated flame retardants. The selected compounds have previously been identified in "Brominated Flame Retardants", Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 1999.

Table 1

Compounds covered by screening for environmental and health data.
Stoffer omfattet af screening for miljø- og sundhedsdata.

Trivial name

CAS no.

Triphenyl Phosphate

115-86-6

Tricresyl Phosphate

1330-78-5

Resorcinol bis(diphenylphosphate)

57583-54-7

Phosphonic acid (dimethyl ester)

20120-33-6

Aluminium Trihydroxide

21645-51-2

Magnesium Hydroxide

1309-42-8

Ammonium Polyphosphate

14728-39-9 and 68333-79-9

Red Phosphorus

7723-14-0

Zinc Borate

1332-07-6

Melamine

108-78-1

Antimontrioxide

1309-64-4

Quinidincarbonate

Not available

The project was carried out by COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners A/S by a project group comprising Frank Stuer-Lauridsen (project manager), Morten Birkved, Sven Havelund and Sonja Mikkelsen.

 

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