Agent Name
Decabromobiphenyl
Major Category
Other Classes
Synonyms
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-Decabromobiphenyl; Adine 0102; Berkflam B 10; Biphenyl, decabromo-; Decabromodiphenyl; Flammex B 10; PBB 209; Perbromobiphenyl; Polybrominated biphenyls; [ChemIDplus]
Category
Halogenated Polyaromatics
Description
White solid; [HSDB] White powder; [MSDSonline]
Sources/Uses
Used in flame retardants; Commercial mixture contains 2.9% nonabromobiphenyl and 0.3% octabromobiphenyl; No longer commercially used or produced in the US; [HSDB]
Comments
Emergency medical treatment: see PCB-PBB; Some evidence of long term occupational exposure having adverse effects to thyroid, testicles, and epididymis; Effects to liver observed in 13 week feeding study with rats include vacuolization and distension of centrilobular hepatocytes; No evidence of embryotoxicity or teratogenicity; [HSDB] See "Polybrominated biphenyls."
Restricted
Manufacture discontinued in the US in 1979; [HSDB]
Vapor Pressure
3.98E-10 mm Hg
Neurotoxin
Other CNS neurotoxin
Hepatotoxin
Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion
IARC Carcinogen
Possible (2b)
Diseases
Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent: