Guidance

Brominated flame retardants: incident management and toxicology

Guidance on using the brominated flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (Deca-BDE) for responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 4 December 2024
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  1. 4 December 2024

     The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information and Toxicological Overview pages have undergone a HTML format update – the content within these pages has remained unchanged.

  2. 7 August 2018

     Replaced 'Brominated flame retardants: incident management' with updated version. Removed 'Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): properties, incident management and toxicology'.

  3. 1 July 2014

     First published.

Documents

Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): general information

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Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): toxicological overview

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Brominated flame retardants (decabromodiphenyl ether): incident management

Ref: GOV-17633

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These documents provide information on the health effects of exposure, the chemical’s toxicity and material for responding to a chemical incident.

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Polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a large group of 209 brominated flame retardant compounds with similar chemical structures.