Decabromobiphenyl

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."

Manufacture discontinued in the US in 1979; [HSDB]

Biomedical References

3.98E-10 mm Hg

Other CNS neurotoxin

Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion

Yes

Chloracne

Possible (2b)

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:

• Chloracne