Brominated+Diphynel+Ethers

Paige Gbasie, Alaya White, Kyree Armstrong, and Kyla Carden

= Brominated diphenyl ethers =

Our chemical is called Brominated diphenyl ethers. It is a flame retardans; we use flame retardants to keep things from catching on fire when they heat up. Flame Retardants are used in technology to keep electronics cool when they are being used and start to get warm. It is used in televisions and other small appliances. It’s really only used in the United States; it’s barley used here the dot on the list was yellow for US meaning their working on getting rid of it.
 * Environmental Working Group. (2007). //Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes)//. Retrieved from []
 * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (updated on 01/26/2010). //Polybrominated diphenylethers (pbdes)//. Retrieved from []
 * Centers for Disease Control, CDC. (2009). Fourth national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals . //Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and 2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-Hexabromobiphenyl (BB-153)//, 311-320.

Our chemical that we are focusing on is Brominated diphenyl ethers. It’s a flame retardant that is within TV’s. The reason this chemical is of caution is because it affects people’s reproductive systems. Our chemical happens to be banned in most countries around the world. Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers has a huge implication on many things. The major thing is health, especially for males. This flame retardant messes with living organisms and messes with the body. As for the economy it's almost a good thing. The health care corporations are making money because people are getting sick from these things. The more people that are sick, the more people have to pay money to get treated for these types of things. As for political This seems to be a bad move. A lot of other countries have banned this type of flame retardant to protect it's people and it saves them money. It's good for health and the economy. The U.S. isn't thinking about the long run; which is only hurting our country. The chemical Brominated Diphynel ether is a chemical found in TVs, which shrinks the male’s testicals. We do not support the use of this chemical or the companies that produce or use it. An alternative chemical should be found to replace Diphynel ethers. Once an alternative is found there should be either a recall of TVs or an immediate stop of all TVs with the chemical found present within the TV set.

PBDEs are chemicals used as fire retardants in foam furniture and the plastic of TVs and computer monitors. They accumulate in people and wildlife and disrupt brain development and hormone systems. Some types of PBDEs are STILL used in electronics. Some health effects are brain and nervous system, Reproduction and fertility, Persistent and bioaccumulative, Neurotoxin and brain damage. In order to stop these effects they should, have a MASS recall, find an alternative, and stop the production and replace the chemical wit the alternative.

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