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Brandt [200] has extracted tri(nonylphenyl) phosphite (TNPP) from a styrene-butadiene polymer using iso-octane. Brown [211] has reported US extraction of acrylic acid monomer from polyacrylates. Ultrasonication was also shown to be a fast and efficient extraction method for organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticisers [212]. Greenpeace [213] has recently reported the concentration of phthalate esters in 72 toys (mostly made in China) using shaking and sonication extraction methods. Extraction and analytical procedures were carefully quality controlled. QC procedures and acceptance criteria were based on USEPA method 606 for the analysis of phthalates in water samples [214]. Extraction efficiency was tested by spiking blank matrix and by standard addition to phthalate-containing samples. For removal of fatty acids from the surface of EVA pellets a lmin ultrasonic bath treatment in isopropanol is sufficient [215]. It has been noticed that the experimental ultrasonic extraction conditions are often ill defined and do not allow independent verification. 

Brigden K, Labunska I, Santillo D, Allsopp M (2005) Recycling of electronic wastes in China and India workplace and environmental contamination, Report. Greenpeace... 

H M first entered Greenpeace s sights after it discovered links with factories that were discharging hazardous chemicals into China s rivers. 

H M, the world s second-largest clothing retailer, first entered Greenpeace s sights after investigations revealed links between major fashion brands and factories that were discharging hazardous chemicals, including hormone-disruptors such as nonylphenol ethoxylates into China s rivers. 

Textile suppliers for Levi Strauss Co, Zara and many other global clothing brands are likely to dump a wide range of hazardous chemicals into China s wastewater systems, aeeording to a Greenpeace study. 

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