Toxicological risks of selected flame-retardant chemicals / Subcommittee on Flame-Retardant Chemicals, Committee on Toxicology Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
2 Assessment of Health Risks from the Use of Flame Retardants 21 -- 3 Exposure Assessment Methodology 35 -- 4 Hexabromocyclododecane 53 -- 5 Decabromodiphenyl Oxide 72 -- 6 Alumina Trihydrate 99 -- 7 Magnesium Hydroxide 131 -- 8 Zinc Borate 149 -- 9 Calcium and Zinc Molybdates 192 -- 10 Antimony Trioxide 229 -- 11 Antimony Pentoxide and Sodium Antimonate 262 -- 12 Ammonium Polyphosphates 273 -- 13 Phosphonic Acid, (3-{[Hydroxymethly] Amino{-3-oxopropyl)-Dimethyl Ester 291 -- 14 Organic Phosphonates 307 -- 15 Tris Monochloropropyl Phosphate 338 -- 16 Tris(1,3-Dichloropropyl-2) Phosphate 358 -- 17 Aromatic Phosphate Plasticizers 387 -- 18 Tetrakis(Hydroxymethyl) Phosphonium Salts 417 -- 19 Chlorinated Paraffins 381 -- Appendix B Flame-Retardant Composition in Fabrics: Their Durability and Permanence 499
Summary
This report evaluates toxicological, epidemiological, and exposure data on the 16 specified flame-retardant (FR) chemicals, and characterizes risks to human health from exposure to furniture upholstery treated with such chemicals. It is hoped that the findings of the report will be useful to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Congress in making decisions regarding the safe use of FR chemicals in upholstered furniture fabric
