ENDS Report 349, February 2004, pp. 14-15
1 February 2004
WWF has accused the flame retardants industry of spin in claiming one of its key products has been "approved" by an EU risk assessment. New evidence emerging on the occurrence and toxicity of deca-BDE will mean that there is unlikely to be agreement on the process for many months.
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Further information:
- 1 Stapleton, H M et al. (2004), Env. Sci. & Technology, Vol 38, pp 112-119
- 2 Söderström G et al. (2004), Env. Sci. & Technology, Vol 38, pp 127-132
- 3 Lindberg P et al. (2004), Env. Sci. & Technology, Vol 38, pp 93-96
- 4 Viberg, H et al. (2003), Toxicological Sciences, Vol 76, pp 112-120
- 5 WWF biomonitoring survey 2003, available at www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/biomonitoringresults.pdf
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