On December 29, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of a draft revision to the risk determination for the cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD) risk ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on June 29, 2022, the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD) risk ...

A substance that boosts energy efficiency and reduces fires — what’s not to like? Well, plenty if you’re a fish or a fish eater. So says a report that examines hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, ...

Albemarle Corporation ALB declared that it will discontinue the production of its hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)-based flame retardants in order to focus on the GreenCrest polymeric fire safety ...

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Hexabromocyclododecane, commonly known as HBCD, is a flame retardant that is starting to give a lot of green builders headaches. Many people have never heard of this chemical compound, used in ...

The agency found that HBCD is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, in addition to posing irreversible health problems. A new approach — assessing the chemical as a whole — will help EPA to crack ...

"Adding these chemicals to the list is a good thing, because they are known to be quite bad chemicals," Jim Willis, executive secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, told ...

In some sediment at McMurdo Sound, one widely used chemical was found at levels similar to those found in urban rivers. Research stations are the apparent source When scientist Jay Rotella stepped out ...