Bromine Science and Environmental Forum

Bromine Science and Environmental Forum, http //www.bsef.com... 

To address emissions of flame-retardants, a Voluntary Emissions Control Action Program (VECAP ) was initiated by the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF).112 The VECAP Pilot program was initiated in the U.K. textiles industries in 2004 to reduced emissions of deca-BDE in line with the Code of Good Practice. After 1 year of implementation, the U.K. Pilot Program achieved a 75% reduction in emissions to water.113 The second year, a total of 90% reduction in emissions was then realized. 

SCHER. 2005. Opinion on Update of the risk assessment of bis(pentabromophenyl) ether (decabromodiphenyl ether) . Adopted 18 March, 2005. DG SANCO. European Commission. 12See e.g. critical comments from the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum, the bromine producers lobby organisation, on www.bsef.com/science/scientific-studies-4/deca-bde-2/. Comments by DG Sanco Unit C7 on a previous draft of this chapter e-mail sent to us on 17 July, 2009. 

CEFAS work on BFRs has been funded by the (now defunct) UK Department of the Environment, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum. 

Closing the bromine cycle, with initiatives of the European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel (EBFRIP) in cooperation with the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF), including a study prepared by ECN (Petten) on a two-stage pyrolysis/high-temperature gasification process. 

BSEF (2003) Major brominated flame retardants volume estimates total market demand by region in 2001. Bromine Science and Environmental Forum, Brussels. Available from http //www.bsef.eom/docs/BFR vols 2001.doc... 

The Bromine Science and Environmental Forum in Brussels gave the global FR market as worth 2.2 billion in 1998. Brominated compounds made up 39%, inorganics took 27% and phosphorus-based compounds at 24%. Chlorinated compounds took 6% with the remaining 4% taken by melamines. 

Manufacture of BFRs requires specific handling and expertise and, for this reason, they are produced in a few specialised facilities around the world. In response to concerns about their products and to focus their efforts in research, the major producers have established an organisation to steer the work. The Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF), which comprises Albemarle, Dead Sea Bromine, Great Lakes Chemical, Elf Atochem (as was) and Tosoh, was established in 1997 to conduct scientific research and to provide scientific data to support the safe use of bromine-containing products. 

More than half of all sales of brominated FRs by volume were targeted at the electrical and electronics industries by the beginning of the present decade, with second place taken by building and construction at just over 30%, according to the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum, an organisation of brominated FR manufacturers. 

BSEF Bromine Science and Environmental Forum, 118 Av de Cortenbergh, 1000 Brussels, Belgium tel +32-2-733-9370 fax +32-2-735-6063... 

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