title: [Brominated flame retardants: environmental contamination, exposure sources and potential negative health effects].
abstract: This article summarizes recent evidence regarding brominated flame retardants. These represent the most common type of flame retardants used and recent studies have highlighted their presence in various concentrations in different environmental matrices, including areas distant from production areas, and in human biological samples. Many doubts persist regarding exposure sources, toxicity, metabolism and transformation processes once these products are released into the environment.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiore
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Floridia
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Gea
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oliveri Conti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledda
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mauceri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento "GF Ingrassia", Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrante
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005411:Flame Retardants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000633:toxicity*; D007558:Italy; D012037:Refuse Disposal
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005411:Flame Retardants; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated