Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.

• where to look US EPA: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) — Phase-Out, Risk Assessment, and Ongoing Exposure Assessment REGULATORY · 2014
• WHO/UNEP: State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals — Brominated Flame Retardants and Persistent Organic Pollutants REGULATORY · 2012
• IARC Monographs — List of Classifications: Decabromodiphenyl oxide, Group 3 (IARC Monographs Volume(s) 48, 71 (1999)) IARC
• Stockholm Convention: The New POPs (the Convention's own index of listed chemicals) REGULATORY
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: text with Annexes (2025 English) REGULATORY
• ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), March 2017 ASSESSMENT

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