Objectives and Scope
The Jennifer Altman Foundation has commissioned the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production to review available information relative to the uses and potential alternatives for two brominated flame retardants, tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane HBCD. The objective of this study is to accomplish the following:
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