Tetrabromobisphenol A is a flame retardant made at GLCC

Tetrabromobisphenol A is a flame retardant made at GLCC-Central.

Manufacturers: ...Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, One Great Lakes Boulevard, P.O. Box 2200, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (765)497-6100; Production site: El Dorado, AR 71730
[SRI. 1999 Directory of Chemical Producers -United States. Menlo Park, CA. SRI Consulting 1999., p. 935]**PEER REVIEWED** Source: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/f?./temp/~KSZ7QF:1Tetrabromobisphenol A's primary use is as a reactive flame retardant in epoxy resin circuit boards. In recent years, tetrabromobisphenol A has also been used as a flame retardant in electronic enclosures made of PC-ABS.
[Hardy ML, Smith RL; in Amer Chem Soc, Div Environ Chem, Preprint Extend Abstr, 217th ACS Nat Meet, 39: 191-4 (1999)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Fire-retardant additive (ABS, phenolic, unsaturated polyester resins); fire-retardant polycarbonate comonomer
[Ashford, R.D. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals. London, England: Wavelength Publications Ltd., 1994., p. 868]**PEER REVIEWED**

Tetrabromobisphenol-A is used as a reactive flame retardant and as an intermediate in the production of other flame-retardants....
[Szymanska JA et al; Toxicology 142 (2): 87-95 (2000)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Major Uses :

FLAME RETARDANT FOR PLASTICS, PAPER, & TEXTILES
[Hawley, G.G. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 9th ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1977., p. 844]**PEER REVIEWED**

Major Uses :

2,2',6,6'-Tetrabromobisphenol A is a reactive flame retardant; both hydroxyl groups can be reacted with epichlorohydrin under basic conditions to form the diglycidyl ether, which is widely used in epoxy resin formulations. 2,2',6,6'-Tetrabromobisphenol A is also used in polycarbonate and ether polyester resins.
[Gerhartz, W. (exec ed.). Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. 5th ed.Vol A1: Deerfield Beach, FL: VCH Publishers, 1985 to Present., p. VA4 (85) 417]**PEER REVIEWED**

FLAME RETARDANT, TETRABROMOBISPHENOL, CAUSED A SLIGHT BUT SIGNIFICANT INCR IN CYTOCHROME P450 OF LIVER MICROSOMES.
[LUNDBERG P; MICROSOMES, DRUG OXID, CHEM CARCINOG, (INT SYMP MICROSOMES DRUG OXID), 4TH; 2: 853 (1980)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Environmental Fate/Exposure Summary :

2,2',6,6'-Tetrabromobisphenol A's production and use primarily as a reactive flame retardant in epoxy resin circuit boards and recently in electronic enclosures made of PC-ABS may result in its release to the environment through various waste streams. If released to air, an estimated vapor pressure of 1.8X10-11 mm Hg at 25 deg C indicates 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A will exist solely in the particulate phase in the ambient atmosphere. Particulate-phase 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A will be removed from the atmosphere by wet and dry deposition. If released to soil, 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A is expected to be immobile based upon an estimated Koc of 56,000. Volatilization from moist soil surfaces is not expected to be an important fate process based upon an estimated Henry's Law constant of 7.0X10-11 atm-cu m/mole. 2,2',6,6'-Tetrabromobisphenol A was biodegraded in 3 different anaerobic soils with 43.7 to 57.0%, 53.4 to 65.0% and 89.5 to 90.6% remaining after 64 days, suggesting that this compound may undergo primary degradation under anaerobic conditions fairly quickly in some soils. Only 0.35, 0.10, and 0.03% of the initially applied radioactivity was recovered as CO2 over this period indicating that this compound is slowly mineralized. Aerobic biodegradation may also occur based on a sediment/water study reporting half-lives from 48 to 84 days. Again, mineralization was much slower with less than 8% mineralized over the 56-day study. If released into water, 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A is expected to adsorb to suspended solids and sediment based upon the estimated Koc. Volatilization from water surfaces is not expected to be an important fate process based upon this compound's estimated Henry's Law constant. BCF values ranging from 20 to 1200 suggest that bioconcentration in aquatic organisms is generally moderate to high. Occupational exposure to 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A may occur through inhalation of dust particles and dermal contact with this compound at workplaces where 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromobisphenol A is produced or used. (SRC)
**PEER REVIEWED**

2,2',6,6'-Tetrabromobisphenol A's production and use primarily as a reactive flame retardant in epoxy resin circuit boards and recently in electronic enclosures made of PC-ABS(1) may result in its release to the environment through various waste streams(SRC).
[(1) Hardy ML, Smith RL; in Amer Chem Soc, Div Environ Chem, Preprint Extend Abstr, 217th ACS Nat Meet, 39: 191-4 (1999)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Analytic Laboratory Methods :

THE PROPERTIES OF BROMINATED AROMATICS WHICH ARE USED AS FLAME RETARDANTS WERE EXAMINED BY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, MASS SPECTRA, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, & TLC. BROMIDIAN WAS ONE OF THE AROMATICS EXAMINED.
[NORSTROM ET AL; CHEMOSPHERE 5(4) 255 (1976)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Source: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/f?./temp/~KSZ7QF:1

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