Hazard Assessment of Phosphorous-based and DecaBDE Flame Retardants

Hazard Assessment of Phosphorous-based and DecaBDE Flame Retardants 

RDP and BPADP. The Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) completed hazard assessments for RDP and BPADP under contract to the Washington State Departments of Health and Ecology. SRC did not evaluate the hazards of decaBDE because Washington State had already concluded that decaBDE isaPBT.  

Appendix 4 contains the summary table (Table 2-1) for BPADP and RDP as presented by SRC in its report to Washington State. The full report contains approximately 140 pages of hazard review information. In developing Table 2-1 the SRC followed the precedent set in its prior work for the US EPA on the report. Environmental Profiles of Chemical Flame-Retardant Alternatives for Low-Density Polyurethane Foam  

SRC compiled data from the literature as well as industry test data. Data were judged for adequacy and excluded if considered inadequate. Inadequate data could result from conflicting studies, poorly designed studies, or studies performed with poor laboratory practices. SRC supplemented test data with estimated results based on QSAR models for aquatic toxicity and certain physical properties. In addition, endpoints for the chemical products with little or no 

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