Latest publications: Halogenated flame retardants in the environment and phthalate replacement DINCH® in humans

Latest data on flame retardants and a plasticizer replacement have now been published

The latest publications of the German Environmental Specimen Bank deal with the long-distance transport of widespread halogenated flame retardants in the environment. Of particular interest is the comparison with samples from the Arctic and Antarctic.

Newer investigations in human samples show that the phthalate substitute DINCH® is now detectable in all recently investigated samples after its market launch in 2002.

Enjoy your reading:

• Recent findings of halogenated flame retardants (HFR) in the German and Polar environment
• Time trend of exposure to the phthalate plasticizer substitute DINCH in Germany from 1999 to 2017: Biomonitoring data on young adults from the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)